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Joshua

Also known as Yehoshua, Josua, Josue, Hoshea, Yeshua, Joshua son of Nun

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.

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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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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
Saint.birth_name: Hoshea Bar Nun
Saint.attributes: Often depicted with Caleb, carrying the grapes out of Canaan
Religious biography.religion: Islam
Religious biography.honorific_prefix: Prophet
Religious biography.image: Chester Beatty T 414 fol 189r Yusha in Ariha.jpg
Religious biography.name: Yūšaʿ
Religious biography.honorific_suffix: Alayhi as-Salam

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Image: Joshua Nouailher Louvre MR2526.jpg

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Commons category: Joshua (Biblical figure)
date of birth: 1350-00-00
date of death: 1245-00-00
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name in native language: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן

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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

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.