Numbers 11:28 (BSB)

Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

From Numbers 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 11:28

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 11:28: 28. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses. It is obvious that this foolish and preposterous jealousy arose from a good source. Joshua saw that Moses was so preeminent above all others, as to be justly deemed, after God, the head of the people; he feared, therefore, lest, if any portion of his superiority should be withdrawn, the grace of God would be dispelled and lost.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 11:24-30: We have here the performance of God's word to Moses, that he should have help in the government of Israel. I. Here is the case of the seventy privy-counsellors in general. Moses, though a little disturbed by the tumult of the people, yet was thoroughly composed by the communion he had with God, and soon came to himself again. And according as the matter was concerted, 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 11:28: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses,.... That waited upon him, and ministered to him, and executed his orders, especially in civil things, and was to be his successor: one of his young men; not that Joshua was a young man in age, for he must be now between fifty and sixty years of age; see Gill on Exo 33:11; nor does...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 11:28: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, [one] of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. (q) Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth. (r) Such blind zeal was in the apostles, .