Yosua 2:5

2:5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. ¹  I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

Yosua 4:9

4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ²  in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

Yosua 9:12

9:12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you, ³  but now it is dry and hard. ⁴ 

Yosua 13:13

13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer ⁵  the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

Yosua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ⁶  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ⁷ 

Yosua 16:10

16:10 The Ephraimites ⁸  did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Yosua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ⁹  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ¹⁰  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ¹¹ 

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “And the gate was to be shut in the darkness and the men went out.”

[4:9]  ² tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

[9:12]  ³ tn Heb “in the day we went out to come to you.”

[9:12]  ⁴ tn Or “moldy.”

[13:13]  ⁵ tn Or “dispossess.”

[15:63]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:63]  ⁷ sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

[16:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:31]  ⁹ tn Or “served.”

[24:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

[24:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”