Joshua – Bible Q

Why does the ESV have “Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt” (Jude 1:5 ESV)?

Answered by BibleQ . May 22, 2023 - 7:27 am

The ESV was the only version to have “Jesus” following the Alexandrian text where other versions have “the Lord” following the majority of manuscripts. The NRSVUE 2021 has now followed suit. 1:5 Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, once and for all, that Jesus, who saved[f] a people out of […]

Did the sun really stand still? (Joshua 10:13)

Answered by BibleQ . March 24, 2022 - 9:09 pm

The short answer here is ‘No, it did not literally happen’. This is a poetic description of an event found in the lost Book of Jasher. Please see another answer on BibleQ for information on that book: What is the Book of Jasher? For a fuller answer here is an excerpt from a book by […]

Is the Commander of the Lord’s Army in Joshua 5:13-15 Jesus?

Answered by BibleQ . November 8, 2021 - 9:22 pm

The Commander of the Lord‘s Army 13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander […]

What travelled with and stood in the way of both Moses and Joshua?

Answered by BibleQ . November 5, 2014 - 11:54 pm

An angel travelled with both Moses and Joshua. We read of at least two occasions when the angel representing the LORD, appeared to Moses. The first time the angel of the LORD appeared to Moses was when he was a shepherd in Midian. Exodus 3:2-5 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in […]

Was Joshua married?

Answered by BibleQ . July 23, 2014 - 5:35 am

There is no reference to Joshua having a wife or to his having children. Nevertheless he may have been married and it simply was not recorded.

If only two people entered Canaan, how could they break the wall of Jericho?

Answered by BibleQ . August 18, 2013 - 4:13 am

Whilst the Bible states that of those who left Egypt only Joshua and Caleb entered Canaan (Num 14:30), there would have been many children born to the Israelites during the forty years in the wilderness.

Why is there so little evidence for both the Exodus and the events described in the Book of Joshua?

Answered by BibleQ . October 10, 2011 - 2:39 am

Absence of direct evidence for the Exodus is not surprising. Egyptian records are not well preserved, and there are serious gaps in the records due to physical loss or destruction, including an almost complete lack of records during the Exodus era. Egyptians did not differentiate between Semitic groups living in Egypt (and there were many), […]

Where did the name Jesus come from and was that name used in the early church?

Answered by BibleQ . October 22, 2010 - 11:11 pm 1

Jesus is the name given the angel told Joseph to call his step-son: But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the […]

Why didn’t God destroy the Canaanites himself, rather than ask Israel to do it?

Answered by BibleQ . May 9, 2010 - 9:40 pm

There’s no question that God could’ve destroyed the Canaanites directly. Some of the methods by which God destroyed people directly in the Bible: The ground swallowed them (Num 16:31-32) Plague (Exodus 32 : 35) Snakes (Num 21: 6) Kill directly (Num 8:17, Acts 5:5-10) But he chose not to do this to the Canaanites, in […]

Who of the older generation besides Joshua and Caleb came across the Jordan?

Answered by BibleQ . October 29, 2009 - 7:57 pm

No-one else who was over 20 at the time of the Numbers 14 rebellion. This is made clear in the following verses. Numbers 14:28-30 Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the LORD, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you: your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of […]

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Why does the ESV have “Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt” (Jude 1:5 ESV)?

Did the sun really stand still? (Joshua 10:13)

Is the Commander of the Lord’s Army in Joshua 5:13-15 Jesus?

What travelled with and stood in the way of both Moses and Joshua?

Was Joshua married?

If only two people entered Canaan, how could they break the wall of Jericho?

Why is there so little evidence for both the Exodus and the events described in the Book of Joshua?

Where did the name Jesus come from and was that name used in the early church?

Why didn’t God destroy the Canaanites himself, rather than ask Israel to do it?

Who of the older generation besides Joshua and Caleb came across the Jordan?

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