Yosua 8:3

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ¹  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

Yosua 9:21

9:21 The leaders then added, ²  “Let them live.” So they became ³  woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. ⁴ 

Yosua 14:7

14:7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report. ⁵ 

Yosua 24:22

24:22 Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” ⁶  They replied, “We are witnesses!” ⁷ 

[8:3]  ¹ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[9:21]  ² tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”

[9:21]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”

[14:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”

[24:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord to serve him.”

[24:22]  ⁷ sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment.