13:1,2
We now come to one of the most well-known sections of Numbers, namely the spies going into the Promised Land. God reminds them that the grounds for Israel receiving this land were that He was giving it to them. It was not in their ability, or inability, to take the land. God’s promises to us are based in Christ, not in us. God tells them to send spies into the land, one from each tribe. The spies were to see what God was giving them.
13:3-16
So Moses sends the spies into the land, one from each tribe, and the spies are all named. Joshua is called Hoshea at this point. Hoshea means “he saves”, while “Joshua means “Yahweh saves”. The names of the chiefs differ from those given in chapters 1 and 2. God told Moses to choose “a chief” of each tribe rather than “the chief”, presumably younger men were chosen for the current task. Moses called Hoshea, Joshua. Joshua is first mentioned in Ex 17, where he overcomes the Amalekite army, and Moses knew that it was because of the Lord that Joshua gained the victory.
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