This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites once a year because of all their sins.’ And all this was done as the Lord commanded Moses.
Moses had given territory to half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, but Joshua had given territory to the other half, with their brothers, on the west side of the Jordan. When Joshua sent them to their homes and blessed them,
In his eleventh year in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years.