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Joshua 1:1

The New Testament’s use of Joshua

2 places · 1 kind of echo

The source

Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Echo2

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Matt 1:18-25 ?

The name 'Jesus' (Iesous) is the Greek form of Joshua/Yeshua, 'YHWH saves'; v.21's etymological wordplay ('Jesus, for he shall save') trades on that name. Recurrence of Joshua-as-deliverer typology gives modest volume; thematic coherence with the savior motif.

Medium confidence
Phil 1:1-2 ?

'Servants of Jesus Christ' echoes the OT honorific 'servant of the LORD' borne by Moses, Joshua, and the prophets, now transferred to Christ as the divine master. Coherence with Paul's self-designation elsewhere is strong, but volume here is thin and the title is conventional; faint figural transfer.

Low confidence
Elsewhere in Joshua 1
Joshua 1:5 2Joshua 1:6-9 3Joshua 1:9 3