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Person

Nun

Also called Non

Mentioned in 30 verses across 8 books, first in Joshua 1:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

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In the Bible

All 10 verses in Joshua, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Joshua

  • Joshua 1:1

    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

  • Joshua 2:1

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

  • Joshua 2:23

    Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.

  • Joshua 6:6

    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

  • Joshua 14:1

    Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.

  • Joshua 17:4

    They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.

  • Joshua 19:49

    When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,

  • Joshua 19:51

    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

  • Joshua 21:1

    Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

  • Joshua 24:29

    Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).

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