Yosua 2:19

2:19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death – we are innocent in that case! ¹  But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. ² 

Yosua 4:7

4:7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing ³  before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. ⁴  These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

Yosua 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ⁵  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ⁶  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ⁷  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ⁸ 

Yosua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁹  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ¹⁰  and all along the Mediterranean coast ¹¹  as far as ¹²  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Yosua 14:10

14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

Yosua 22:16

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. ¹³ 

Yosua 22:24

22:24 We swear we have done this because we were worried that ¹⁴  in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel? ¹⁵ 

Yosua 22:30-31

22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ¹⁶  they were satisfied. ¹⁷  22:31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ¹⁸  “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. ¹⁹  Now ²⁰  you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.” ²¹ 

Yosua 23:15

23:15 But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, ²²  it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment ²³  until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you.

[2:19]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”

[4:7]  ³ tn Heb “were cut off from before.”

[4:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”

[7:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

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

[7:1]  ⁸ 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.

[9:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

[9:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[9:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[9:1]  ¹² tn Heb “in front of.”

[22:16]  ¹³ 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?”

[22:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Surely, from worry concerning a matter we have done this, saying.”

[22:24]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “What is there to you and to the Lord God of Israel?” The rhetorical question is sarcastic in tone and anticipates a response, “Absolutely none!”

[22:30]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”

[22:31]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:31]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “because you were not unfaithful with this unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

[22:31]  ²⁰ tn On the use of אָז in a logical sense, see Waltke-O’Connor, Hebrew Syntax, 667.

[22:31]  ²¹ tn Heb “the hand (i.e., power) of the Lord.”

[23:15]  ²² tn Heb “and it will be as every good word which the Lord your God spoke to you has come to pass.”

[23:15]  ²³ tn Heb “so the Lord will bring every injurious [or “evil”] word [or “thing”] upon you.”