Numbers 13 · Verse 16

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Numbers 13:16, King James Version

Numbers 13:16 in other translations

BSBThese were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
WEBThese are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
ASVThese are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
YLTThese are the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua.
DARBYThese are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
BBEThese are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.
WebsterThese are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

What does Numbers 13:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. Oshea--that is, "a desire of salvation." Jehoshua, by prefixing the name of God, means "divinely appointed," "head of salvation," "Saviour," the same as Jesus [Mt 1:21, Margin].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 And Moses called Oshea Jehoshua - Oshea, Heb. הושע should be written Hoshea: the word signifies saved, or a savior, or salvation; but יהושע, he shall save, or the salvation of God; a letter, says Calmet, of the incommunicable name of God, being added to his former name. This was not the first time in which he had the name Joshua; see Exo 17:9 (note), and the note there. Some suppose he had this change of name in consequence of his victory over Amalek; see Exo 17:13, Exo 17:14.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 13:1-20

A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, of the turning back of Israel from the borders of Canaan, and the sentencing them to wander and perish in the wilderness, for their unbelief and murmuring. It appears, De 1:22, that the motion to search out the land came from the people. They had a better opinion of their own policy than of God's wisdom. Thus we ruin ourselves by…

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Numbers 13:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֚לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
שְׁמ֣וֹתshe.Mot[are] [the] names ofH8034
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔יםha.'a.na.Shimthe menH582
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
שָׁלַ֥חsha.Lachhe sentH7971
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לָת֣וּרla.Turto spy outH8446
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'<to> HosheaH1954
בִּן\־bin-[the] son ofH1121
נ֖וּןnunNunH5126
יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ\׃ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 13:16

  • Numbers 13:8

    Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

  • Exodus 17:9

    And 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.

  • Numbers 14:6

    And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

  • Matthew 1:21-23

    And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

  • Romans 9:25

    As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

  • Hosea 1:1

    The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

  • Acts 7:45

    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;

  • Deuteronomy 32:44

    And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

  • Hebrews 4:8

    For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

  • Numbers 14:30

    Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Oshea.
Ho 1:1; Ro 9:25
Jehoshua.
8; 14:6,30; Ex 17:9; Mt 1:21-23; Ac 7:45; Heb 4:8
Jesus.

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Context

  • Numbers 13:15

    Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

  • Numbers 13:16

    These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

  • Numbers 13:17

    And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

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Numbers 13:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De la tribu de Gad, Geuel hijo de Machî.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Ce sont là les noms des hommes que Moïse envoya pour reconnaître le pays. Et Moïse appela Osée, fils de Nun, Josué.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das sind die Namen der Männer, welche Mose aussandte, um das Land auszukundschaften. Und Mose nannte Hosea, den Sohn Nuns, Josua.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		De tribu Gad, Guel filium Machi.