Joshua in the Bible

Meaning: a savior; a delivererpar

Exact Match

Moses said to Joshua, “Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my hand.”

Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsAaron, PrivilegesApprentices

The Lord then said to Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.”

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesRemindersScrollsWritingBlotted OutJudgements WrittenBooks Of Prophecy

When Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a sound of war in the camp.”

Verse ConceptsShoutingGroups Shouting

The Lord spoke with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the inside of the tent.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodMoses, Significance OfPrayer, As A Response To GodTent Of MeetingTentsCommunion With God, Examples OfDivine FriendshipStaying PutBeing Face To Face With GodGod SpeakingFriendship And Trust

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

Verse ConceptsWork From YouthServant Leadershipservanthood

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea [that is, Joshua] the son of Nun;

Verse Conceptsexploring

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming People

Moses renamed Nun's son Hoshea to Joshua. Then he sent them out to explore the land of Canaan. He instructed them, "Go up from here through the Negev, then ascend to the hill country.

Verse Conceptsexploring

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesThose Who Tore Clothes

But all the congregation said to stone Joshua and Caleb with stones. But the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared at the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) before all the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfAppearances Of God In OtStoningTheophanyFear Of Stoning

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.

Verse ConceptsHomeHand Of GodReward, For God's PeopleExclusionland

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.

Verse ConceptsLiving Onexploring

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.

Verse ConceptsExclusionDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentSole SurvivorsDying In The Desert

He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him by the judgment (decision) of the Urim. At Joshua’s command the people shall go out and at his command they shall come in, he and all the congregation of Israel with him.”

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodGuidance, Receiving God'sHigh Priest, In OtLeaders, SpiritualThe Urim And ThummimGoing Out And Coming InUrim And Thummim

And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

Verse ConceptsHalloween

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

Verse ConceptsConsecration, Examples OfFollowing God

So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofGuidance, From Godly PeopleInexperienceEncourage Others!

And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

Verse ConceptsLooking At God's WorksTwo Other Men

It is the Lord your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who will go across before you [to lead you], just as the Lord has said.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised Land

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all [the people of] Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsRest, EternalFighting TogetherStrength Of PeopleGod Gave The LandBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage And Strength

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, the time for you to die is near; call Joshua, and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenGod Appointing OthersDeathDeath Approaching

Then He commanded and commissioned Joshua, the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to give them, and I will be with you.”

Verse ConceptsBattlesCommands, in OTSolemn ChargesBraveryStrength Of PeopleGod With Specific PeopleGod Appointing OthersBe Courageous!Be Strong!

Then Moses went with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.

Verse ConceptsWriting SongsComposers

Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had placed his hands on him; and the Israelites listened to him and did just what the Lord had commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsHandsSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfWisdom, Human ImportanceLaying On Of HandsThe Holy Spirit, And SanctificationLaying On Hands For The Holy Spirit

To the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Verse ConceptsPeople Sending PeopleObeying People

Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as scouts secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho [the walled city].” So they went and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and lodged there.

Verse ConceptsAdulteress ExamplesTwoLand, As A Divine GiftProperty, HousesProstitutionSecrecyActing In SecretTwo Other Menexploring

Then the two men turned back and came down from the hill country and crossed over [the Jordan] and came to Joshua the son of Nun [at Shittim], and told him everything that had happened to them.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Happenings

They said to Joshua, “Certainly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; for all the inhabitants of the land have melted [in despair] because of us.”

Verse ConceptsFaintingEasy For PeopleLosing CourageThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Joshua got up early in the morning; then he and all the children of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they spent the night there before they crossed [the river].

Verse ConceptsMorningRising EarlyCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThose Who Rose Early

Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over [the river] ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went on ahead of the people.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionThe Ark Moved AroundCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThings Going BeforePriests In ActionArk Of The Covenant

The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to magnify and exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that just as I was with Moses, I will [also] be with you.

Verse ConceptsAssurance, nature ofGod With Specific PeopleSource Of Honour

Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here, and listen to the words of the Lord your God.”

Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will, without fail, drive out from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingJerusalem, History OfKnowledge, Of GodArmies, Against IsraelGod Is Among You

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

Verse ConceptsTwelve Tribes

and Joshua said to them, “Cross over again to the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

So the [twelve men chosen from the] sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had spoken to Joshua; and they carried them over with them to the place where they were spending the night and put them down there.

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

Then Joshua set up [a second monument of] twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The JordanPlaces To This Day

For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in accordance with everything that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried and crossed [the dry riverbed];

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleHasty ActionPriests In Action

On that day the Lord magnified and exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so they feared him [with profound awe and reverence], just as they had feared Moses all the days of his life.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourSource Of Honourreverence

So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan.”

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise the [new generation of the] sons of Israel as [was done] before.”

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesDoing Things Twice

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

Verse ConceptsCommemoration

This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness along the way after they left Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentDeath Of All Males

So it was their uncircumcised sons whom He raised up in their place, whom Joshua circumcised, because circumcision had not been performed on the way.

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away the reproach (derision, ridicule) of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal (rolling) to this day.

Verse ConceptsRolling

Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

Verse ConceptsStandingGod's Sword

He said, “No; rather I have come now as captain of the army of the Lord.” Then Joshua fell with his face toward the earth and bowed down, and said to him, “What does my lord have to say to his servant?”

Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

The captain of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy (set apart to the Lord).” And Joshua did so.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBarefeetHoliness, As Set Apart For GodSandalsGodly ReverenceShoesSacred PlacesHoly Land

So Joshua the son of Nun called for the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and have seven priests carry seven trumpets made of rams’ horns ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsSeven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets made of rams’ horns went on before the Lord and blew the trumpets; then the ark of the covenant of the Lord went behind them.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, Made OfSeven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout [the battle cry] nor let your voice be heard nor let a word come out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout!”

Verse ConceptsSilenceNo ShoutingCurbing SpeechSpiritual Warfare

So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.

Verse ConceptsCirclesThe Ark Moved AroundFalling

Then Joshua got up early in the morning [on the second day], and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesThose Who Rose Early

And the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city.

Verse ConceptsBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleThose God Gave Into Their Hands

But Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring the woman and all that she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.”

Verse ConceptsSpyingBringing People Out Of Other PlacesTwo Other Men

So Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and everything that she had; and she has lived among Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers (scouts) whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsSpyingPeople Hiding PeopleWhere People Live To This Daywhores

Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

Verse ConceptsFoundationsFirstbornFathers, Sin Of TheAdjurationGatesOaths, HumanProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtDeath Of The FirstbornThe Youngest ChildFoundations Of NationsCity GatesCursing The UngodlyRebuilding Named Citiesrebuilding

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CityLand, As A Divine GiftSpiesSpyingGradual Conquest Of The Land

Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not make all the people go up [to fight]; have only about two thousand or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not make the entire army go up there, for they [of Ai] are few.”

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandThree Thousand And UpUnderestimation

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and [with great sorrow] they put dust on their heads.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesArk Of The Covenant, FunctionEveningClothing, Tearing OfHeadsProstrationSprinklingHumility, Examples OfDust On The HeadThose Who Tore Clothes

Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why have You brought this people across the Jordan at all, only to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to live beyond the Jordan!

Verse ConceptsSadnessCrossing Into The Promised LandGod Will Cause DefeatWhy Does God Do This?

So the Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?

Verse ConceptsIndecisionGet Up!

So Joshua got up early in the morning and had Israel come forward by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was chosen [by lot].

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Of Judah

Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I implore you, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him [in recognition of His righteous judgments]; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”

Verse ConceptsHiding Sins

So Achan answered Joshua and said, “In truth, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsExamples, BadLuxuryReturning To GodAcknowledge, SinConfessionWe Have Sinned

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and they saw the stolen objects hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.

Verse ConceptsThings Under

And they took them from the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel, and spread them out before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPutting Things Down

Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the [royal] robe, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and everything that he had; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor (Disaster).

Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring you disaster this day.” Then all Israel stoned them [to death] with stones; afterward they burned their bodies in the fire.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadTrouble, Causes OfDeath penaltyPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRetributionBurning PeopleTroubling Groups Of PeopleFamily Death

Now the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed (intimidated). Take all the men of war with you and set out, go up to Ai; see, I have given the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land into your hand.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftWarfare, Nature OfResisting DiscouragementGradual Conquest Of The LandThose God Gave Into Their Hands

So Joshua set out with all the people of war to go up against Ai; then Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them out at night.

So Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place for the ambush and stayed [hidden] between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people [in Gilgal].

Verse ConceptsWaitingWest Sides

Now Joshua got up early in the morning and assembled the people, and went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfMustering TroopsThose Who Rose Early

Now Joshua had taken about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

Verse ConceptsFive ThousandWest Sides

So they stationed the people, all the army—the main encampment that was north of the city, and their rear guard on the west side of the city—and Joshua spent that night in the valley.

Verse ConceptsWest Sides

So Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them, and ran toward the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsPretendingIsrael Fleeing

Then all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away from the city.

Verse ConceptsBringing People Out Of Other Places

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Reach out with the spear that is in your hand [and point it] toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” So Joshua reached out with the spear in his hand [and pointed it] toward the city.

Verse ConceptsSpearsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And the lyers-await rose quickly out of their places, and ran, as soon as Joshua had stretched out his hand, and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set it on fire.

Verse ConceptsSpearsGroups RunningBurning Cities

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the [men in] ambush had taken the city and that the smoke of the city was ascending, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilation

Israel took only the livestock and the spoil of that city as plunder for themselves, according to the word of the Lord which He had commanded Joshua.

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For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later of another day.

And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua when they took the land from the nations whom God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the time of David,































































































































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