Numbers 13:16

¹⁴ from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

¹⁵ and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

¹⁷ When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

¹⁸ See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
KJV: These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
WEB: These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
ASV: These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
DARBY: These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
BLB: These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.

ÅB: Dette var navnene på de menn som Moses sendte for å utspeide landet; men Moses gav Hosea, Nuns sønn, navnet Josva.
OTB: Dette er mennene Moses sendte for å utforske landet. Moses ga også Hosea, sønn av Nun, navnet Josva.
B1930: Dette var navnene på de menn som Moses sendte for å utspeide landet; men Moses gav Hosea, Nuns sønn, navnet Josva.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Numbers 13:8
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
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Exodus 17:9
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
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Numbers 14:6
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
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Matthew 1:21–23
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
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Romans 9:25
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
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Hosea 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
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Acts 7:45
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
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Deuteronomy 32:44
Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
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