Joshua
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be
strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be
strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work:
for I [am] with you, saith the LORD of hosts:...
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And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and
defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense,
from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the
gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the
governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the
gate of the city....
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Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD
delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and
he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon
Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon....
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Joshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yehoshua; Greek: Ἰησοῦς, same as
Jesus; Latin: Josue or Jesus in Hebrew; Arabic: يوشع بن نون
Yusha‘ ibn Nūn), according to the Hebrew Bible, became the
leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses. His
story is told chiefly in the books Exodus, Numbers and
Joshua. According to the Bible, Joshua's name wa...
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josh'-u-a ((a) yehoshua`, (b) yehoshua`, "Yahweh is
deliverance" or "opulence"; compare JESHUA; Iesous):
(1) Joshua the son of Nun; the name has the Hebrew form (a)
above in Dt 3:21; Jdg 2:7; elsewhere the form (b), except in
Neh 8:17, where it is of the form yeshua` (See JESHUA);
compare also Nu 13:8,16; Dt 32:44. See following article.
(2) In...
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-1. Also called JEHOSHUA, and JEHOSHUAH, and OSHEA
Son of Nun
Nu 13:8; 1Ch 7:27
Intimately associated with Moses
Ex 24:13; 32:17; 33:11
A religious zealot
Nu 11:28
Sent with others to view the promised land
Nu 13:8
Makes a favorable report
Nu 14:6-10
Rewarded for his courage and fidelity
Nu 14:30,38; 32:12
Commissioned, ordained, and c...
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(saviour, or whose help is Jehovah). His name appears in
the various forms of HOSHEA, OSHEA, JEHOSHUA, JESHUA and
JESUS.
1. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim. 1Ch 7:27
(B.C. 1530-1420.) He was nearly forty years old when he
shared in the hurried triumph of the exodus. He is mentioned
first in connection with the fight against Amalek at ...
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Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of
Nun, of
the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the
leader of
Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.),
and Jesus in
Acts 7:45 and Heb. 4:8 (R.V., Joshua).
He was born in Egypt, and was probably of the age of
Caleb,
with whom he is generally associated. He shared in ...
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