Numbers 13:16 (BSB)

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.

From Numbers 13. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 13:16

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 13:1-20: Here we have, I. Orders given to send spies to search out the land of Canaan. It is here said, God directed Moses to send them (Num 13:1, Num 13:2), but it appears by the repetition of the story afterwards (Deu 1:22) that the motion came originally from the people; they came to Moses, and said, We will send men before us; and it was the fruit of their unbelief.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 13:16: And they ascended by the south,.... When they returned, after they had searched the land, then they came into the south country again, which was in their way to Kadesh, where the camp of Israel remained; they are said to ascend, because of the hill country they again came to; for their coming to Hebron, and carrying a cluster of grapes from that place, not...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Numbers 13:16: Oshea--that is, "a desire of salvation." Jehoshua, by prefixing the name of God, means "divinely appointed," "head of salvation," "Saviour," the same as Jesus [Mat 1:21, Margin].
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 13:16: These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. (c) Which in number were twelve according to the twelve tribes.