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Joshua
יְהוֹשׁוּעַἸησοῦς
- verses
- 189
- first named
- Exodus 17:9
- last named
- Hebrews 4:8
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness – Conquest
- tribe
- Ephraim
Description
Who was Joshua?
Joshua, the son of Nun, was a prominent figure in the Old Testament who served as Moses' assistant and later succeeded him as the leader of the Israelites. He was from the tribe of Ephraim (Num.13.8) and was originally named Hoshea, but Moses changed his name to Joshua (Num.13.16). Joshua was one of the twelve spies sent to explore the land of Canaan (Num.13.8), and he and Caleb were the only ones who brought back a positive report and encouraged the people to trust God (Num.14.6-9). As a result, Joshua and Caleb were the only adults from their generation permitted to enter the Promised Land (Num.14.30, 38).
Before Moses' death, God appointed Joshua to succeed him as the leader of Israel (Num.27.18-23; Deu.31.7-8, 14, 23). After Moses' death, Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan River and into the land of Canaan (Joshua 1-4). He oversaw the conquest of Jericho (Joshua 6), Ai (Joshua 8), and numerous other cities and territories (Joshua 10-12). Joshua also led the Israelites in renewing their covenant with God (Jos.8.30-35; 24.1-28).
Under Joshua's leadership, the land of Canaan was divided among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance (Joshua 13-21). In his old age, Joshua gave a farewell address to the Israelites, encouraging them to remain faithful to God (Joshua 23-24). He died at the age of 110 and was buried in his inheritance at Timnath-serah (Jos.24.29-30; Jdg.2.8-9).
Joshua is remembered as a courageous leader, a faithful servant of God, and a key figure in Israel's history who led the people into the Promised Land and helped establish them as a nation.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.
Child of
- Nunregistry1 Chronicles 7:27Exodus 33:11Numbers 14:6 +20
Stands in the same events as
- Israel69 events
- Moses22 events
- Eleazar10 events
- Ai10 events
- Jordan9 events
- Eglon8 events
- Jericho7 events
- Caleb7 events
- Hebron6 events
- Gilgal6 events
- Shiloh6 events
- Gibeon People6 events
and 96 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Joshua is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
189 verses across 10 of 66 books; 56 write the name nowhere. Named in Exodus (7), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (9), Joshua (151), Judges (6), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Acts (1) and Hebrews (1).
One further reference is not a verse of this edition — Num.13.8,16. A Septuagint address, a bracketed reading, or a compound string the source never resolves. Counted here rather than folded into the figure.
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 189, across 10 books. The name is written 208 times in them.
Exodus7 verses
Numbers11 verses
Deuteronomy9 verses
Joshua151 verses
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Judges6 verses
1 Kings1 verse
1 Chronicles1 verse
Nehemiah1 verse
Acts1 verse
Hebrews1 verse
One further reference is to an address this build does not carry — a Septuagint verse, or a compound string the source never resolves. Attested where Atlas does not read is not attested nowhere.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Exodus 17Joshua chooses men, fights Amalek, and overwhelms Amalek and his army with the sword.
- Exodus 24Joshua set out with Moses as his attendant and went up the mountain of God.
- Exodus 32Joshua heard the camp’s noise and took it for the sound of war, while Moses heard singing.
- Exodus 33Joshua son of Nun remains in the Tent of Meeting after Moses returns to the camp.
- Numbers 11Joshua asked Moses to stop Eldad and Medad from prophesying in the camp.
- Numbers 14Joshua tore his clothes, defended the land, and remained alive when the other spies were struck down.
- Numbers 27Joshua stood before Eleazar and the whole congregation while Moses laid his hands on him and commissioned him.
- Numbers 32Joshua was named among those who would receive Moses' orders concerning the eastern tribes.
29 more chapters, from Deuteronomy 1 to Hebrews 4
- Deuteronomy 1Joshua son of Nun was named as the one who would enter the land and enable Israel to inherit it.
- Deuteronomy 3Joshua was commissioned, encouraged, and strengthened to cross ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land.
- Deuteronomy 31Joshua is presented before Israel and commissioned to bring the people into the land.
- Deuteronomy 32Joshua son of Nun came with Moses as the song was recited before the people.
- Deuteronomy 34Joshua received wisdom after Moses laid his hands on him and became the one Israel obeyed.
- Joshua 1Joshua receives the charge to lead Israel, commands the officers, and orders the eastern tribes to send armed men ahead.
- Joshua 2Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies to inspect the land, then received their report when they returned.
- Joshua 3Joshua led Israel from Shittim to the Jordan, instructed the people, and commanded the priests.
- Joshua 4Joshua appoints twelve men, orders the crossing, sets twelve stones in the Jordan, and establishes their meaning at Gilgal.
- Joshua 5Joshua made flint knives, circumcised the sons of Israel, and questioned the armed figure near Jericho.
- Joshua 6Joshua commanded the silent circuits, called for the shout, ordered Rahab’s rescue, and pronounced the curse on rebuilding Jericho.
- Joshua 7Joshua sent men to spy out Ai, led Israel after the defeat, and brought Achan and everything he owned to the Valley of Achor.
- Joshua 8Joshua arranged the ambush, led the feigned retreat, held out his battle lance, captured the king of Ai, built an altar, and read the law aloud.
- Joshua 9Joshua questions the visitors, makes the treaty, summons them after the deception is discovered, and assigns their service.
- Joshua 10Joshua marches all night to relieve Gibeon, calls for the sun and moon to stand still, defeats the five kings, and leads Israel through the southern campaign.
- Joshua 11Joshua attacked the allied kings, captured their cities, destroyed their armies, and carried out the commands given through Moses.
- Joshua 12Joshua and the Israelites conquered the land west of the Jordan.
- Joshua 13Joshua, old and well along in years, was told to divide the land that remained to be possessed.
- Joshua 14Joshua received Caleb at Gilgal and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
- Joshua 17Joshua gives Zelophehad’s daughters an inheritance and tells the sons of Joseph to clear the forest and drive out the Canaanites.
- Joshua 18Joshua challenged the seven tribes to enter the land, sent out surveyors, and cast the lots at Shiloh.
- Joshua 19Joshua received Timnath-serah, rebuilt the city, and settled there.
- Joshua 20Joshua received the LORD's instruction and oversaw the setting apart of the cities of refuge.
- Joshua 21Joshua stood at Shiloh among Eleazar and the heads of the tribes as the Levites’ request was heard.
- Joshua 22Joshua summoned the eastern tribes, commended their service, blessed them, and sent them home.
- Joshua 23Joshua, old and well along in years, summoned Israel and warned them to hold fast to the LORD and keep the Book of the Law of Moses.
- Joshua 24Joshua assembles Israel, recounts the LORD’s deeds, challenges the people’s pledge, makes a covenant, sets up the witnessing stone, and dies at 110.
- Judges 2Joshua dismissed Israel, lived to the age of 110, and was buried in the land of his inheritance.
- Hebrews 4Joshua is named in the question of whether he had already given the people their final rest.
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