from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
- KJV Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea 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;
- 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 24:13Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
- Num 11:28Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”
- 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.”
- Deut 34:9Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Exod 17:9–13Moses 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.”
- Deut 31:14Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
- Josh 1:1–9Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,
- Deut 32:44Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Num 27:18–22Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.
- Josh 1:16They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
- Deut 31:7–8Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
- Josh 24:1–33Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
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