Joshua
Sign in to saveJoshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( Yəhōšuaʿ, Tiberian: Yŏhōšuaʿ, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, was Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible. His name was Hoshea ( Hōšēaʿ, lit. 'Save') the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua" (translated as "Joshua" in English), the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible, he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus.
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Joshua was Moses' assistant who later became the leader of the Israelite tribes, as described in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua. His original name was Hoshea, but Moses renamed him Joshua (meaning "Yahweh is salvation"), and according to biblical accounts, he was born in Egypt before the Exodus.
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Key facts
- Saint.name
- Joshua
- Saint.feast_day
- 26th of Nisan, Yahrzeit (commemoration of death day): Jewish July 26: Armenian Apostolic September 1: Roman Catholicism September 1: Eastern Orthodox Church April 14: all saint Sinai monk
- Saint.venerated_in
- Judaism, Christianity, Islam
- Saint.image
- Collection Motais de Narbonne - Josué arrète la course du soleil - Carlo Maratta.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.caption
- Joshua stops the race of the sun (), by Carlo Maratta
- Saint.birth_date
- Unknown
- Saint.birth_place
- Goshen (Lower Egypt), Ancient Egypt
- Saint.death_date
- Unknown (aged )
- Saint.death_place
- Canaan
- Saint.titles
- Prophet, Righteous, Forefather
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33 sectionsContents
- Name
- Biblical narrative
- The Exodus
- Conquest of Canaan
- Death
- Historicity
- Current mainstream opinion
- M. Noth (1930s)
- W.F. Albright (1930s)
- K. Kenyon (1951)
- G.E. Wright (1955)
- Religious views
- In Judaism
- In rabbinical literature
- In prayer
- In Christianity
- In Islam
- Quranic references
- Hadith, exegesis, traditions
- In art and literature
- Nomenclature in biology
- Jewish holidays
- Religious holiday
- Israeli Zionist holiday
- Tomb of Joshua
- Samaritan and Jewish traditions
- Islamic sites
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- General and cited sources
- External links
Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( Yəhōšuaʿ, Tiberian: Yŏhōšuaʿ, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, was Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible. His name was Hoshea ( Hōšēaʿ, lit. 'Save') the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua" (translated as "Joshua" in English), the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible, he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus.
In , the Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. After the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated lands to the tribes. According to biblical chronology, Joshua lived some time in the Bronze Age. According to Joshua died at the age of 110.