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 9:19

9:19 but all the leaders told the whole community, “We swore an oath to them in the name of ²  the Lord God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt ³  them!

Yosua 9:21

9:21 The leaders then added, ⁴  “Let them live.” So they became ⁵  woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. ⁶ 

[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.

[9:19]  ² tn Heb “to them by….”

[9:19]  ³ tn Or “touch.”

[9:21]  ⁴ tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”

[9:21]  ⁵ tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.

[9:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”