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Joshua
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(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
Other meanings
2. noun
a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses
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