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From Salvation to God's Salvation
Commentators explain that Moses changed Hoshea's name to Joshua. The original name, Hoshea, means "salvation" or "help." By adding "Jah," a form of God's name (Yahweh), the new name Joshua means "The LORD is salvation." This change powerfully declared that deliverance would not come from human effort alone, but from God Himself.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 13:16
18th Century
Theologian
Oshea, Hoshea, or Hosea, the name also of the last king of Israel and the first minor prophet, means “deliverance” and by the hand of him who bore …
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 13:16
19th Century
Bishop
And Moses called Oshea ... — It is not distinctly stated that the change of name took place at this time. It may have tak…
John Gill
On Numbers 13:16
17th Century
Pastor
These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out
the land
Which is observ…
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 13:1–20
17th Century
Minister
A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, concerning Israel's turning back from the borders of Canaan and th…