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insurmountable problem.

Jesus is truly a terrible rendering of the name of the Son of God. It completely obscures the Hebraic
roots of His name. The name Jesus also hides from view the type and antitype that exist between the
Israelite leader named Joshua and the Son of God. These men shared the same name. The Hebrew
name of these men transliterates into English as Yehoshua. Some prefer Yahshua, Yeshua, or some
other variant. Whatever name is adopted, however, there is no reason to render the name of the
Israelite leader who succeeded Moses, and the name of the Son of God, differently. They shared the
same name. The translators of the KJV Bible were well aware of this. In the New Testament the
successor to Moses is called Jesus instead of Joshua.

Acts 7:44-45
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto
Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. Which also our fathers that
came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before
the face of our fathers, unto the days of David...
KJV

The Hebrew forefathers brought the tabernacle into the land of Canaan under the leadership of
Joshua, who in this verse is called Jesus. It is very poor translation policy to call one man by two
different names in the Old and New Testaments. The KJV also renders Joshua as Jesus in Hebrews
4:8. To make an even greater muddle, the KJV renders this same name as Jose in Luke 3:29. The
NKJV, NIV, NASB, ESB, and other popular English Bible versions do no better. They all give
different names to Joshua, the Israelite leader, and the Son of God.

Hebrews 4:8
For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.
NAS

Hebrews 4:8-9
For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
NKJV

Hebrews 4:8-9
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.
ESV

Hebrews 4:8-9
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
NIV

Hebrews 4:8-9
Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another
day of rest still to come.
NLT