Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 21, 2022
                    
                
                
                    The Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. In Numbers 13:1, and after the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan and allocated lands to the tribes. 
                
                    
                        
Joshua, Prophet, Righteous, Forefather
Born	Goshen (Lower Egypt), Ancient Egypt
Died	Canaan
Venerated in	Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Major shrine
Tomb of Joshua or Joshua's Hill
Feast
•	July 26: Armenian Apostolic
•	September 1: Roman Catholicism
•	September 1: Eastern Orthodox
                        
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