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.
Cross References
Numbers 13:8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
Numbers 13:15and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
Deuteronomy 32:44Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
Treasury of Scripture
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Oshea
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.
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.
Jehoshua
Numbers 13:8
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
Numbers 14:6,30
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: …
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.
