A study of the relationship between Moses and Joshua and the change of leadership

1. The Life and Times of Joshua
1. Joshua and Moses
Laindon 16th November 2016

3. Deuteronomy ch 34
10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto
Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

4. Deuteronomy ch 34
9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of
wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the
children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the
LORD commanded Moses.

5. Joshua ch 4
14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight
of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses,
all the days of his life.

8. Exodus ch 16
1 And they took their journey from Elim, and . . . came unto
the wilderness of Sin, . . . on the fifteenth day of the second
month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

9. Exodus ch 17
1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel
journeyed from the wilderness of Sin . . . and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give
us water that we may drink.

10. Exodus ch 17
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out,
fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill
with the rod of God in mine hand.

11. Exodus ch 17
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out,
fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill
with the rod of God in mine hand.

12. Numbers ch 13
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of
Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every
tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler
among them . . .
8 . . . Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

13. Numbers ch 13
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of
Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every
tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler
among them . . .
8 . . . Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

15. 1 Chronicles ch 7
20 And the sons of Ephraim . . .
26 . . . Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his
son,
27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.

16. ‘OSHEA’ Strong 1954
‘Deliverer’
‘JOSHUA’
‘JEHOSHUA’ Strong 3091
‘Yahweh saves’

17. Numbers ch 13
16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy
out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun
Jehoshua.

18. Galatians ch 3
21 . . . if there had been a law given which could have
given life, verily righteousness should have been by the
law.

19. Exodus ch 17
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out,
fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill
with the rod of God in mine hand.

20. Exodus ch 17
13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the
edge of the sword.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial
in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will
utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under
heaven.

21. Exodus ch 17
13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the
edge of the sword.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial
in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will
utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under
heaven.

22. Deuteronomy ch 25
17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when
ye were come forth out of Egypt;
18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of
thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast
faint and weary; and he feared not God.

23. Deuteronomy ch 25
19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given
thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to
possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of
Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

24. Deuteronomy ch 25
19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given
thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to
possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of
Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

25. 2 Samuel ch 1
1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was
returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode
two days in Ziklag;
2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out
of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head .
. .
8 . . . And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am
an Amalekite.

26. Exodus ch 24
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the
mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and
a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou
mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses
went up into the mount of God.

27. Exodus ch 24
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the
mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and
a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou
mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses
went up into the mount of God.

28. ‘Minister’ - Heb. ‘sharath’
Strong 8334
‘to attend as a menial’ that is,
as a servant
The same word is used of Joshua in two other places, where
he is called the servant of Moses
Exodus 33 v 11
Numbers 11 v 28

29. Exodus ch 32
7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy
people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have
corrupted themselves . . .
17 . . . And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they
shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

31. Exodus ch 33
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the
camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle
of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one
which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, which was without the camp.

32. Exodus ch 33
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the
camp . .
. . But his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man,
departed not out of the tabernacle.

33. Exodus ch 33
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the
camp . .
. . But his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man,
departed not out of the tabernacle.

34. Exodus ch 33
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the
camp . .
. . But his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man,
departed not out of the tabernacle.

35. Numbers ch 11
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for
me . . .
25 . . . And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and
took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy
elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them,
they prophesied, and did not cease.

36. Numbers ch 11
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his
young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would
God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the
LORD would put his spirit upon them!

37. Deuteronomy ch 1
19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all
that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way
of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God
commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

39. Numbers ch 13
18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth
therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or
bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents,
or in strong holds;

40. Numbers ch 13
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from
thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it
between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates,
and of the figs . . .

42. Numbers ch 13
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from
thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it
between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates,
and of the figs . . .
27 . . . And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither
thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and
this is the fruit of it.

43. Numbers ch 13
31 . . . We be not able to go up against the people; for
they are stronger than we.

44. Numbers ch 14
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land,
rent their clothes:

46. Numbers ch 14
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land,
rent their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of
Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search
it, is an exceeding good land.

47. Numbers ch 14
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land,
and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the
people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is
departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

49. Deuteronomy ch 31
7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this
people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to
give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee,
he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

50. Deuteronomy ch 31
23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said,
Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the
children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them:
and I will be with thee.

51. Deuteronomy ch 34
1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain
of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the
LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan . . .

53. Deuteronomy ch 34
1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain
of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the
LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan . . .
5 . . . So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of
Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

54. Joshua ch 1
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all
the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with
thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

55. Joshua ch 1
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it
to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt
have good success.

56. Numbers ch 14
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this
land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and
honey.

57. Joshua ch 19
49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for
inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an
inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city
which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he
built the city, and dwelt therein.

58. 1 Peter ch 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

59. 1 Peter ch 1
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice . . .