Nun
Son of Elishama, father of Joshua, in the Exodus and wilderness years. Named in scripture at Exodus 33:11.
What we know — and how we know it
Where in scripture
ExodusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudges1 Kings1 ChroniclesNehemiahYahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.
Exodus 33:11
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”
Numbers 11:28
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
Numbers 13:8
These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
Numbers 13:16
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
Numbers 14:6
surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Numbers 14:30
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
Numbers 14:38
For Yahweh had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Numbers 26:65
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
