The graves are located just northwest of Ariel in central Samaria. Each one features a large room and a large half-oval stone marking the spot. The Book of Joshua specifies that Joshua was buried in Timnat Serah, on the border of the inheritance of Ephraim, near Mt. Gaash - corresponding to this location.
In fact, the visitors passed through the similarly-named Arab-populated village of Kifl Hares under the relaxed but watchful protection of IDF forces. Busloads and private cars filled with Jews from Bnei Brak, Jerusalem, nearby areas and elsewhere arrived throughout the night.
Calev, as well, was buried here, according to many traditions.
The trip was organized by the "Shechem Achad" society and the Shomron Religious Council. Many of the participants distributed free copies of the Book of Joshua, in honor of the occasion.
"Spirits were very high," recounted one participant. "We walked through the village and up a hill to the gravesite of Yehoshua, and then down a bit towards the grave of Calev. Unfortunately, the army did not allow us to reach the burial place of Nun, Joshua's father."
Dov Shapira, head of the Shomron Religious Council, told Arutz-7, "We pray at the site every year on this date, but this year we wanted to make it an extra large event. For one thing, we wanted to increase awareness of the power of prayer, and in addition, during these critical times we wished to connect with these men, who told the People of Israel, 'Aloh naaleh - let us go up to the Land, for we can succeed... the Land is very very good.'"
Shapira expressed his thanks, both on the personal and communal level, to the soldiers for their help in securing the event.
"It was particularly poignant," said one participant, "to visit the graves of these two giants, Joshua and Calev, who stood against their fellow spies [sent by Moses] and came back with a positive report. But they had to wait 40 years in the desert before they could return, and then led the nation in capturing the Land that G-d had promised. We, too, are commanded to repair the Sin of the Spies - we must not find fault in the Land, but strive to inherit it."