Discovery BoxNumbers 4:45-46 
Context4:45 These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.
4:46 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,
Numbers 13:16
Context13:16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua. 1
Numbers 14:31
Context14:31 But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, 2 and they will enjoy 3 the land that you have despised.
Numbers 14:36
Context14:36 The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing 4 an evil report about the land,
Numbers 17:5
Context17:5 And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”
Numbers 27:18
Context27:18 The Lord replied 5 to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, 6 and lay your hand on him; 7
Numbers 33:4
Context33:4 Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had killed among them; the Lord also executed judgments on their gods.
Numbers 34:29
Context34:29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
1 sn The difference in the names is slight, a change from “he saves” to “the
2 tn Or “plunder.”
3 tn Heb “know.”
4 tn The verb is the Hiphil infinitive construct with a lamed (ל) preposition from the root יָצָא (yatsa’, “to bring out”). The use of the infinitive here is epexegetical, that is, explaining how they caused the people to murmur.
5 tn Or “said.”
6 sn The word “spirit” probably refers to the Holy Spirit, in which case it would be rendered “in whom is the Spirit.” This would likely be a permanent endowment for Joshua. But it is also possible to take it to refer to a proper spirit to do all the things required of such a leader (which ultimately is a gift from the Spirit of God). The Hebrew text simply says “in whom is a spirit.”
7 sn This symbolic act would indicate the transfer of leadership to Joshua.
