Yosua 2:12

2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. ¹  Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. ²  Give me a solemn pledge ³ 

Yosua 3:13

3:13 When the feet ⁴  of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler ⁵  of the whole earth, touch ⁶  the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.” ⁷ 

Yosua 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ⁸  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ⁹  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ¹⁰  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ¹¹ 

Yosua 7:15

7:15 The one caught with the riches ¹²  must be burned up ¹³  along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

Yosua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁴  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ¹⁵  See, I am handing over to you ¹⁶  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Yosua 8:29

8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. ¹⁷  At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. ¹⁸  They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). ¹⁹ 

Yosua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from ²⁰  Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, ²¹  all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Yosua 10:13

10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. ²²  The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. ²³ 

Yosua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel ²⁴  put the sword to all who lived there; they ²⁵  left no survivors. They ²⁶  did to its king what they ²⁷  had done to the king of Jericho. ²⁸ 

Yosua 11:8

11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, ²⁹  Misrephoth Maim, ³⁰  and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

Yosua 15:8

15:8 It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), ³¹  going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

Yosua 21:44

21:44 The Lord made them secure, ³²  in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. ³³  None of their enemies could resist them. ³⁴ 

Yosua 22:6

22:6 Joshua rewarded ³⁵  them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes. ³⁶ 

Yosua 22:16-17

22:16 “The entire community of the Lord says, ‘Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the Lord? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the Lord. ³⁷  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. ³⁸ 

Yosua 24:11

24:11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. ³⁹  The leaders ⁴⁰  of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.

[2:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the Lord.”

[2:12]  sn To swear an oath in the Lord’s name would make the Lord the witness and guarantor of the promise attached to the oath. If the person making the oath should go back on the promise, the Lord would judge him for breaking the contract.

[2:12]  ² tn Heb “with the house of my father.”

[2:12]  ³ tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”

[3:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”

[3:13]  ⁵ tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”

[3:13]  ⁶ tn Or “rest in.”

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”

[7:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ¹¹ 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.

[7:15]  ¹² tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

[8:1]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ¹⁶ 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.

[8:29]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:29]  ¹⁸ sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.

[8:29]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to this day.”

[10:11]  ²⁰ tn Heb “on the descent of.”

[10:11]  ²¹ tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[10:13]  ²² tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.

[10:13]  sn The Scroll of the Upright One was apparently an ancient Israelite collection of songs and prayers (see also 2 Sam 1:18).

[10:13]  ²³ tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”

[10:30]  ²⁴ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ²⁶ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ²⁷ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ²⁸ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[11:8]  ²⁹ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[11:8]  ³⁰ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

[15:8]  ³¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:44]  ³² tn Heb “gave them rest all around.”

[21:44]  ³³ tn Heb “according to all he swore to their fathers.”

[21:44]  ³⁴ tn Heb “not a man stood from before them from all their enemies.”

[22:6]  ³⁵ tn Heb “blessed.” However, see v. 8, where rewards are given.

[22:6]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and they went to their tents.”

[22:16]  ³⁷ tn Heb “What is this unfaithfulness with which you have been unfaithful against the God of Israel, turning today from after the Lord, when you built for yourselves an altar, rebelling today against the Lord?”

[22:17]  ³⁸ 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.”

[24:11]  ³⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[24:11]  ⁴⁰ tn Or perhaps, “citizens.”