| Sirach 46:1
| Valiant in war was Jesus, the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,
| Jesus, the son of Nave. So Josue is named in the Greek Bibles. For Josue and Jesus signify the same thing, viz., a Saviour; (Challoner) and Nave is the Greek pronunciation of Nun; (Haydock) or this is an old fault of transcribers. (Calmet) --- Among. Greek, "in the prophecies." (Haydock) --- He was endued with the prophetic spirit, and was raised up by God as a noble figure of the great prophet, Deuteronomy 18:15. (Calmet) --- He succeeded Moses in the temporal power; the spiritual belonged to the sons of Aaron, Numbers xxvii. (Worthington)
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