Yosua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ¹  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ²  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ³ 

Yosua 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ⁴  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ⁵  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ⁶  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ⁷ 

Yosua 7:11

7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! ⁸  They have taken some of the riches; ⁹  they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. ¹⁰ 

Yosua 8:22

8:22 At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. ¹¹  The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

Yosua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from ¹²  Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, ¹³  all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Yosua 10:23

10:23 They did as ordered; ¹⁴  they brought the five kings ¹⁵  out of the cave to him – the kings of Jerusalem, ¹⁶  Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

Yosua 11:17

11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them. ¹⁷ 

Yosua 13:3

13:3 from the Shihor River ¹⁸  east of ¹⁹  Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), ²⁰  including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land ²¹ 

Yosua 13:6

13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ²²  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ²³ 

Yosua 18:12

18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho ²⁴  on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.

Yosua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ²⁵  of Judah. This is the western border. ²⁶ 

Yosua 21:4

21:4 The first lot belonged to ²⁷  the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Yosua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, ²⁸  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea ²⁹  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. ³⁰ 

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

[2:1]  map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

[7:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ⁵ tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).

[7:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

[7:1]  sn This incident illustrates well the principle of corporate solidarity and corporate guilt. The sin of one man brought the Lord’s anger down upon the entire nation.

[7:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

[7:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”

[8:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and these went out from the city to meet them and they were for Israel in the middle, some on this side, and others on the other side.”

[10:11]  ¹² tn Heb “on the descent of.”

[10:11]  ¹³ tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[10:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “they did so.”

[10:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “these five kings.”

[10:23]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”

[13:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[13:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in front of.”

[13:3]  ²⁰ tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”

[13:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”

[13:6]  ²² tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

[13:6]  ²³ tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

[18:12]  ²⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[18:14]  ²⁵ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:14]  ²⁶ tn Or “side.”

[21:4]  ²⁷ tn Heb “came out for.”

[23:4]  ²⁸ tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

[23:4]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[23:4]  ³⁰ tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.