יְהוֹשׁוּעַ

ye.ho.shu.a

Hebrew H3091 Personal name, masculine 218 occurrences in 199 verses
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Joshua

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness and Israel before the Monarchy, first mentioned at Exo.17.9;

son of: Nun (H5126); also called Hoshea (KJV: Oshea) at Num.13.8; Jeshua at Neh.8.17;

§ Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"

1. son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan

2. a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it

3. son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration

4. governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem

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Concordance 199 verses

  1. Joshua 5:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

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

  2. Joshua 5:4 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ

    Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.

  3. Joshua 5:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ

    And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

  4. Joshua 5:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

  5. Joshua 5:13 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ

    Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

  6. Joshua 5:14 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ

    “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”

  7. Joshua 5:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

    The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

  8. Joshua 6:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ

    And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.

  9. Joshua 6:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ

    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

  10. Joshua 6:8 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮

    After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

  11. Joshua 6:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ

    But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”

  12. Joshua 6:12 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

    Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.

  13. Joshua 6:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ

    After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

  14. Joshua 6:22 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ

    Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”

  15. Joshua 6:25 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

    And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.

  16. Joshua 6:26 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ

    At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

  17. Joshua 6:27 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ

    So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.

  18. Joshua 7:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ

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

  19. Joshua 7:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ

    On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

  20. Joshua 7:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ

    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

  21. Joshua 7:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ

    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

  22. Joshua 7:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

    But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

  23. Joshua 7:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

  24. Joshua 7:19 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ

    So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

  25. Joshua 7:20 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

    “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

  26. Joshua 7:22 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.

  27. Joshua 7:23 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ

    They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the LORD.

  28. Joshua 7:24 יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ

    Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

  29. Joshua 7:25 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

  30. Joshua 8:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

  31. Joshua 8:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַיְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ

    So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night

  32. Joshua 8:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ

    So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.

  33. Joshua 8:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.

  34. Joshua 8:13 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ

    So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.

  35. Joshua 8:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ

    Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.

  36. Joshua 8:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ

    Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

  37. Joshua 8:18 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,

  38. Joshua 8:21 וִיהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ

    When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

  39. Joshua 8:23 יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃

    But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

  40. Joshua 8:26 וִיהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.

  41. Joshua 8:27 יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃

    Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

  42. Joshua 8:28 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

    So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

  43. Joshua 8:29 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ

    He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

  44. Joshua 8:30 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,

  45. Joshua 8:35 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ

    There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.

  46. Joshua 9:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ

    they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

  47. Joshua 9:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ

    But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

  48. Joshua 9:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ

    They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”

  49. Joshua 9:8 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ

    “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”

  50. Joshua 9:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙

    And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

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