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Joshua /ˈdʒɒʃuə/ or Jehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yĕhôshúʿa or Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ Yĕshúʿa; Aramaic: ܝܫܘܥ Isho; Greek: Ἰησοῦς, Arabic: يوشع بن نون Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn; Latin: Iosue, Turkish: Yuşa), is a figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel (Num 13–14) and identified in several passages as Moses' assistant. He is the central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua. According to the books of Exodus, Numbers and Joshua, he became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses. His name was Hoshe'a (הוֹשֵׁעַ) the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him Yehoshu'a (יְהוֹשֻעַ; Joshua in English) (Numbers 13:16) the name by which he is commonly known. The name is shortened to Yeshua in Nehemiah (Nehemiah 8:17). According to the Bible he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus.
He was one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. (Numbers 13:1-16) After the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated the land to the tribes. According to Biblical chronology, Joshua lived between 1355-1245 BCE, or sometime in the late Bronze Age. According to Joshua 24:29, Joshua died at the age of 110.
I'd be lying if I didn't tell you how the story went
You see he wasn't like the other guys that I had ever met
That's why I'm a holding tight every night
I go outta my mind
Thinking bout where you could be
No you're not with me
Where you go I need to be
Chasing you constantly
Instead I believe
That's why
You don't have no lover you love no one else but me
Yeah you will remember you see no one else but me
All I ever wanted was someone to show me
What it could be like and would feel like to be
As soon as I discovered there is nothing better
My baby and me and that's why
You don't have no lover you love no one else but me
Yeah you will remember you see no one else but me
Ho don't have no lover he loves no one else but me
And girl you must remember he sees no one else but me
That's why I'm a holding tight every night
I go outta my mind
Thinking bout where you could be
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Where you go I need to be
Chasing you constantly
Instead I believe
That's why
[Chorus]