¹⁶ These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore^(A) the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun^(B) the name Joshua.)^(C)

⁹ Moses said to Joshua,^(A) “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff^(B) of God in my hands.”

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest,^(A) God would not have spoken^(B) later about another day.

²⁵ As he says in Hosea:

⁴⁵ After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them.^(A) It remained in the land until the time of David,^(B)

²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^[a](A) because he will save his people from their sins.”^(B)

²² All this took place to fulfill^(C) what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[b](D) (which means “God with us”).

1 The word of the Lord that came^(A) to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah,^(B) Jotham,^(C) Ahaz^(D) and Hezekiah,^(E) kings of Judah,^(F) and during the reign of Jeroboam^(G) son of Jehoash^[a] king of Israel:^(H)

⁴⁴ Moses came with Joshua^[a](A) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.