Yosua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ¹  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ²  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ³ 

Yosua 5:4

5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt. ⁴ 

Yosua 8:20

8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw ⁵  the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. ⁶  In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

Yosua 12:1

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land ⁷  on the east side of the Jordan, ⁸  from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Yosua 13:6

13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ⁹  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ¹⁰ 

Yosua 13:21

13:21 It encompassed ¹¹  all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory). ¹² 

Yosua 15:21

15:21 These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah’s tribal land near the border of Edom: ¹³  Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Yosua 19:51

19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders ¹⁴  made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ¹⁵  So they finished dividing up the land.

Yosua 24:2

24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors ¹⁶  lived beyond the Euphrates River, ¹⁷  including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped ¹⁸  other gods,

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

[2:1]  map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

[5:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”

[8:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they saw, and look.” The Hebrew term הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to the scene and invites the audience to view the events from the perspective of the men of Ai.

[8:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”

[12:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”

[12:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

[13:6]  ⁹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

[13:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

[13:21]  ¹¹ tn The words “it encompassed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[13:21]  ¹² tn Heb “princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.”

[15:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the cities were at the end of the tribe of the sons of Judah, at the border of Edom, to the south.”

[19:51]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”

[19:51]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”

[19:51]  sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.

[24:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:2]  ¹⁸ tn Or “served.”