Yosua 2:11

2:11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. ¹  For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!

Yosua 2:19

2:19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death – we are innocent in that case! ²  But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. ³ 

Yosua 8:31

8:31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. ⁴  They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace. ⁵ 

Yosua 20:9

20:9 These were the cities of refuge ⁶  appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by ⁷  the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. ⁸ 

Yosua 22:17

22:17 The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord. ⁹ 

Yosua 22:29

22:29 Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord by turning back today from following after the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace ¹⁰  aside from the altar of the Lord our God located in front of his dwelling place!” ¹¹ 

Yosua 22:31

22:31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ¹²  “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. ¹³  Now ¹⁴  you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.” ¹⁵ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “And we heard and our heart[s] melted and there remained no longer breath in a man because of you.”

[2:19]  ² tn Heb “Anyone who goes out from the doors of your house to the outside, his blood is on his head. We are innocent.”

[2:19]  ³ tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”

[8:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones on which no one had wielded iron.” The expression “whole stones” refers to stones in their natural condition, i.e., not carved or shaped artificially with tools (“wielded iron”).

[8:31]  ⁵ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[20:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.

[20:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “and not die by the hand of.”

[20:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.

[22:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “Was the sin of Peor too insignificant for us, from which we have not made purification to this day? And there was a plague in the assembly of the Lord.”

[22:29]  ¹⁰ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:29]  ¹¹ sn The Lord’s dwelling place here refers to the tabernacle.

[22:31]  ¹² tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “because you were not unfaithful with this unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

[22:31]  ¹⁴ tn On the use of אָז in a logical sense, see Waltke-O’Connor, Hebrew Syntax, 667.

[22:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the hand (i.e., power) of the Lord.”