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Also Known As Josue • Yehoshuaʿ
Role In Exodus

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Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.
Painting by James Tissot shows Moses and Joshua kneeling with raised hands in a tabernacle.
Black and white illustration by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld showing Joshua and Israelites blowing trumpets as the walls of Jericho collapse, based on the passage Joshua 6:20 in the Bible.
Etching by Jan Luyken shows Joshua commanding the sun and moon to stand still, with Joshua raising his hand toward the sky as soldiers watch and light beams break through clouds.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, oil painting by John Martin, shows Joshua with raised arms before an army, dramatic sky, and ancient city in the background.
Plate 6: Joshua bidding the Sun stand still, illuminated miniature from the Psalter of St. Louis, c. 1260. In the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (MS. lat 10 525, fol. 46). 12 X 9 cm.
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Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
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Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus
Aaron
biblical figure
Samson, muscular and draped in a patterned cloth, pushes apart two large pillars as a young man clings to him, with onlookers reacting in the background.
Samson
biblical figure
The Construction of the Tower of Babel
Nimrod
biblical figure
Jacob
Jacob
Hebrew patriarch
Caleb and Joshua
Caleb
biblical figure
David slays Goliath
Goliath
biblical figure
Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Samuel
Samuel
Hebrew prophet
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Elijah
Hebrew prophet
Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.
Isaac
Hebrew patriarch
King Saul
Saul
king of Israel
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Engraving by Johann Sadeler after Chrispijn van den Broeck showing Ezra, a bearded man in robes and a cap, standing outdoors and reading an open book, with a landscape in the background.
Ezra
Hebrew religious leader
Relief sculpture of Ezekiel in profile, with a long beard and robe, carved in a cracked, reddish-brown surface.
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph
Deborah
biblical figure
Elijah being led to his confrontation with Ahab, 17th-century engraving
Ahab
king of Israel
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Josiah
king of Judah
Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Jewish leader