Yosua 2:9

2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. ¹  We are absolutely terrified of you, ²  and all who live in the land are cringing before ³  you. ⁴ 

Yosua 3:7

3:7 The Lord told Joshua, “This very day I will begin to honor you before all Israel ⁵  so they will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

Yosua 4:14

4:14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected ⁶  him all his life, ⁷  just as they had respected ⁸  Moses.

Yosua 5:2

A New Generation is Circumcised

5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” ⁹ 

Yosua 9:18-19

9:18 The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁰  The whole community criticized ¹¹  the leaders, 9:19 but all the leaders told the whole community, “We swore an oath to them in the name of ¹²  the Lord God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt ¹³  them!

Yosua 15:13

15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.) ¹⁴ 

Yosua 20:7

20:7 So they selected ¹⁵  Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

[2:9]  ¹ tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Or “melting away because of.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the Lord…and that terror of you…and that all the inhabitants….”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or more literally, “to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel.”

[4:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “feared.”

[4:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the days of his life.”

[4:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “had feared.”

[5:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.

[9:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “by the Lord God of Israel.”

[9:18]  ¹¹ tn Or “grumbled against.”

[9:19]  ¹² tn Heb “to them by….”

[9:19]  ¹³ tn Or “touch.”

[15:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath Arba (the father of Anak), it is Hebron.”

[20:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “set apart.”