ESV Reformation Study Bible – Num 13:16
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Num 13:16

13:16 Hoshea . . . Joshua. The first name simply means “salvation”; the new one means “the Lord saves.” It was appropriate that the man succeeding Moses as leader should bear a name that pointed to the Lord as the One from whom the nation’s salvation must come.