Yosua 7:13

7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, ¹  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” ² 

Yosua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ³  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ⁴  See, I am handing over to you ⁵  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Yosua 11:6

11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn ⁶  their chariots.”

Yosua 24:2

24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors ⁷  lived beyond the Euphrates River, ⁸  including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped ⁹  other gods,

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

[7:13]  ² tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[8:1]  ³ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[11:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[24:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:2]  ⁹ tn Or “served.”