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Joshua The LORD is salvation
Joshua is a Hebrew name meaning the lord is salvation, said yeh-ho-shoo'-ah. Moses' successor, who led Israel over the Jordan and made the nation choose at the end of his life.
Where the name comes from
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ — Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader. Strong's H3091 derives it: or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3467 (יָשַׁע); Jehovah-saved.
Joshua in Scripture
The name appears in 197 verses, first at Exodus 17:9.
Exodus 17:9 · KJV
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
Exodus 17:10 · KJV
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Exodus 17:13 · KJV
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Exodus 17:14 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Exodus 24:13 · KJV
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exodus 32:17 · KJV
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
Exodus 33:11 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Numbers 11:28 · KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
Numbers 14:6 · KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
Numbers 14:30 · KJV
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Numbers 14:38 · KJV
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Numbers 26:65 · KJV
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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