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Nun

Nun

Son of Elishama, father of Joshua, in the Exodus and wilderness years. Named in scripture at Exodus 33:11.

Lived: Egypt and Wilderness

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Exodus 33:11

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Yahweh 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.

Exodus 33:11Numbers 11:28Numbers 13:8Numbers 13:16Numbers 14:6Numbers 14:30Numbers 14:38Numbers 26:65Numbers 27:18Numbers 32:12Numbers 32:28Numbers 34:17Deuteronomy 1:38Deuteronomy 31:23Deuteronomy 32:44Deuteronomy 34:9Joshua 1:1Joshua 2:1Joshua 2:23Joshua 6:6Joshua 14:1Joshua 17:4Joshua 19:49Joshua 19:51 …and 6 more mentions

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