Joshua, Jehoshuah, or Yehoshua, born in Egypt, was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. His story is told in the Hebrew Bible, chiefly in the books Exodus, the Numbers, and, of course, Joshua. He was one of the twelve spies sent on by Moses to explore the land of Canaan who would later lead the conquest of that land. Joshua supposedly lived sometime in the late Bronze Age, around 1200 B.C. However, … Wikipedia
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