Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 7:27
Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler’s narrator continues a genealogical record, listing descendants between the ancestors in 1 Chronicles 7:26 and the territorial descriptions in 1 Chronicles 7:28.
The words — The verse opens with נ֥וֹן (Nun), followed by בְּנ֖/וֹ (be.N/o) meaning “his son,” then יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ (Yehoshua) meaning “Joshua,” and a second בְּנֽ/וֹ (be.N/o) meaning “his son.”
The thread — This specific father-son pairing appears in Numbers 13:16, Numbers 27:18, and Deuteronomy 31:23 as the line of the leader commissioned to succeed Moses.
Why it lands — The text merely records a familial connection, requiring the reader to acknowledge the lineage without assigning theological or narrative significance to its brevity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
Cross-references
- Numbers 13:16 These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
- Deuteronomy 31:23 Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”
- Numbers 27:18 And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
- Exodus 17:9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
- Exodus 24:13 So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- Numbers 13:8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
- Exodus 32:17 When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
- Numbers 11:28 Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
- Numbers 14:6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
- Acts 7:45 And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,