Yosua 1:6

1:6 Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them. ¹ 

Yosua 1:9

1:9 I repeat, ²  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ³  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ⁴ 

Yosua 8:3

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ⁵  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

Yosua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified ⁶  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Yosua 10:25

10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁷  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Heb “For you will cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.” The pronoun “them” at the end of the verse refers to either the people or to the fathers.

[1:9]  ² tn Heb “Have I not commanded you?” The rhetorical question emphasizes the importance of the following command by reminding the listener that it is being repeated.

[1:9]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[8:3]  ⁵ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[10:2]  ⁶ tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

[10:25]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”