“Joshua son of Nun showed himself by his name and his actions to be a figure of the Savior, to whom God the Father "has given the name that is above every other name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee would bend in the heavens, on the earth and under the earth." And since this name is above every other name, for…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — ON ECCLESIASTICUS 10:11
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1Jesus the son a Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God, and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance.
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— Sirach 46:1 —
2How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
3Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him.