Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
- BSB from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
- NKJV from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
- NASB from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
- NLT Ephraim Hoshea son of Nun
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Quick answer
Hoshea of Ephraim is listed, the man Moses will rename Joshua. He, like Caleb, will stand firm in faith.
Overview
Ephraim's spy, Hoshea, is named here and later given the name Joshua (v. 16). With Caleb he will urge Israel to trust God. His mention prepares for his rise as Moses' successor and as a type of the greater Joshua, Jesus, who leads God's people into their inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 24:13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
- Num 11:28And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
- Deut 31:23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
- Deut 34:9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Num 13:16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
- Exod 32:17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
- Exod 17:9–13And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Deut 31:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Josh 1:1–9Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
- Deut 32:44And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
- Num 27:18–22And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
- Josh 1:16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
- Deut 31:7–8And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
- Josh 24:1–33And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
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