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joshua -lrb- -rrb- or jehoshua -lrb- `` yĕhôshúa '' or `` yĕshúa '' ; `` isho '' ; , , , `` yūshaʿ ibn nūn '' , -rrb- , is a figure in the torah , being one of the spies for israel -lrb- num 13 -- 14 -rrb- and identified in several passages as moses ' assistant .
he is the central character in the hebrew bible 's book of joshua .
according to the books exodus , numbers and joshua , he became the leader of the israelite tribes after the death of moses .
his name was hoshe'a -lrb- הוֹשֵׁעַ -rrb- the son of nun , of the tribe of ephraim , but moses called him yehoshu'a -lrb- יְהוֹשֻעַ ; joshua in english -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- the name by which he is commonly known .
the name is shortened to yeshua in nehemiah -lrb- -rrb- .
according to the bible he was born in egypt prior to the exodus .
he is occasionally associated with caleb .
he was one of the twelve spies of israel sent by moses to explore the land of canaan .
-lrb- -rrb- 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 between 1355-1245 bce , or sometime in the late bronze age .
according to , joshua died at the age of 110 .
joshua also holds a position of respect to muslims .
according to islamic tradition , he was , along with caleb , one of the two believing spies whom moses had sent to spy the land of canaan .
all muslims also see joshua as the leader of the israelites , following the death of moses .
some muslims also believe joshua to be the `` attendant '' of moses mentioned in the qur ' ān , before moses meets khidr and some believe that he is a prophet .
