Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
Parallel translations
- KJV Non his son, Jehoshuah his son,
- BSB Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
- NKJV Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
- NASB Non his son, and Joshua his son.
- NLT Nun, and Joshua.
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Quick answer
The Ephraimite line culminates in Nun and his son Joshua.
Overview
The genealogy reaches its goal in Joshua, the servant of Moses who led Israel into the promised land. By tracing Ephraim's line to this great leader, the Chronicler highlights God's provision of deliverers for His people. Joshua, whose name shares its root with Jesus, foreshadows the greater Joshua who leads His people into their eternal inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Num 13:16These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- Deut 31:23He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you.”
- Num 27:18Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.
- Num 13:8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
- Exod 24:13Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
- Exod 17:9–14Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”
- Heb 4:8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
- Num 14:6Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
- Acts 7:45which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
- Num 11:28Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”
- Exod 32:17When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.”
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