Numbers 13:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶ It was at this time that Moses changed Hoshea’s name to Joshua.^[a]

¹⁷ Moses sent them out with these instructions: “Go northward into the hill country of the Negeb, ¹⁸ and see what the land is like; see also what the people are like who live there, whether they are strong or weak, many or few;