<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Joshua (/ ˈdʒɒʃuə /) or Jehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ‬ Yehōšuʿa) is the central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua . According to the books of Exodus, Numbers and Joshua, he was Moses' assistant and became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses . His name was Hoshe'a (הוֹשֵׁעַ) the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him Joshua (Numbers 13: 16), the name by which he is commonly known . The name is shortened to Yeshua in Nehemiah (Nehemiah 8: 17). According to the Bible he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus . </P> <P> According to the Hebrew Bible, Joshua was one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan . In Numbers 13: 1--16, and after the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated the land to the tribes . According to Biblical chronology, Joshua lived some time in the late Bronze Age . According to Joshua 24: 29, Joshua died at the age of 110 . </P>

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