Joshua Spelled Yehoshua In Greek Is Spelled Jesus

Joshua spelled Yehoshua in Hebrew, meaning "Yahweh is salvation," and when translated into Greek is spelled Jesus. Born and raised in Egypt, Joshua is frequently referred to as "Joshua the son of Nun." His story begins when Moses, after leading the Israelites out of Egypt, appoints Joshua to be in charge of choosing and commanding those Israelite men who would be capable of protecting the Israelites against any hostile forces during their journey from Egypt to Canaan. This decision by Moses proved to be a wise choice, because not long after leaving Egypt the Israelites had to defend themselves against the Amalekites. Besides Aaron, Moses' brother, Joshua becomes the only other person that Moses depends on. Joshua accompanies Moses to the top of the Mt. Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, becomes caretaker of the Tabernacle, is selected as one of 12 spies to go into Canaan and reports back to Moses that it would be safe to move into and establish them in Canaan.
Parallels such as Moses as an infant was put into a basket then set adrift on the Nile River and after Joshua's birth he was hidden in the Nile River to escape a mandate by the Pharaoh for all Israelite newborn males be killed, Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and Joshua leads them into Canaan, Moses separates the Sea of Reeds and Joshua separates the Jordan River, Moses sends out spies into Canaan and Joshua sends spies into Jericho, Moses distributed land to the Israelites on the east side of Jordan River and Joshua assigns to the Israelites the land on the west side of Jordan River and finally both Moses and Joshua before their deaths give long speeches to the Israelites concerning their faithfulness to