Yosua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Yosua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! ¹  Israelite men have come here tonight ²  to spy on the land.”

Yosua 2:23

2:23 Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, ³  came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

Yosua 3:1

Israel Crosses the Jordan

3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. ⁴  They camped there before crossing the river. ⁵ 

Yosua 4:4

4:4 Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

Yosua 4:6

4:6 The stones ⁶  will be a reminder to you. ⁷  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

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.” ⁸ 

Yosua 5:7

5:7 He replaced them with their sons, ⁹  whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.

Yosua 5:10

5:10 So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho. ¹⁰ 

Yosua 5:12

5:12 The manna stopped appearing the day they ate ¹¹  some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again. ¹² 

Yosua 7:23

7:23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed ¹³  it before the Lord.

Yosua 8:32

8:32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses. ¹⁴ 

Yosua 9:17-18

9:17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. 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. ¹⁵  The whole community criticized ¹⁶  the leaders,

Yosua 10:4

10:4 “Come to my aid ¹⁷  so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Yosua 10:20-21

10:20 Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities. ¹⁸  10:21 Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. ¹⁹  No one ²⁰  dared threaten the Israelites. ²¹ 

Yosua 11:19

11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); ²²  they had to conquer all of them, ²³ 

Yosua 12:6

12:6 Moses the Lord’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord’s servant assigned their land ²⁴  to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Yosua 13:13

13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer ²⁵  the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

Yosua 13:25

13:25 Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory ²⁶  as far as Aroer near ²⁷  Rabbah.

Yosua 15:1

15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. ²⁸ 

Yosua 15:6

15:6 went up to Beth Hoglah, crossed north of Beth Arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

Yosua 15:14

15:14 Caleb drove out ²⁹  from there three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

Yosua 15:21

15:21 These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah’s tribal land near the border of Edom: ³⁰  Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Yosua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ³¹  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ³² 

Yosua 16:5

16:5 The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: ³³  The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

Yosua 16:8

16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim ³⁴  by its clans.

Yosua 17:12

17:12 But the men ³⁵  of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed ³⁶  to remain in those areas.

Yosua 18:1

The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. ³⁷  Though they had subdued the land, ³⁸ 

Yosua 18:10

18:10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

Yosua 18:17

18:17 It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass ³⁹  of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

Yosua 18:28

18:28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city ⁴⁰  (that is, Jerusalem), ⁴¹  Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns. ⁴²  This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin ⁴³  by its clans.

Yosua 19:8

19:8 as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. ⁴⁴ 

Yosua 20:2

20:2 “Have the Israelites select ⁴⁵  the cities of refuge ⁴⁶  that I told you about through Moses.

Yosua 21:3

21:3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

Yosua 21:5-6

21:5 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 21:6 Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Yosua 21:8

21:8 So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Yosua 21:13

21:13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

Yosua 21:34

21:34 They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

Yosua 21:40

21:40 The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.

Yosua 24:4

24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, ⁴⁷  while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

[2:2]  ¹ tn Or “look.”

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

[2:23]  ³ tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, are added for clarification.

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”

[3:1]  ⁵ tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[4:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

[5:2]  ⁸ 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.

[5:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “their sons he raised up in their place.”

[5:10]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[5:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the day after, when they ate.” The present translation assumes this means the day after the Passover, though it is possible it refers to the day after they began eating the land’s produce.

[5:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and the sons of Israel had no more manna.”

[7:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “poured out,” probably referring to the way the silver pieces poured out of their container.

[8:32]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he wrote there on the stones a duplicate of the law of Moses which he wrote before the sons of Israel.”

[9:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “by the Lord God of Israel.”

[9:18]  ¹⁶ tn Or “grumbled against.”

[10:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Come up to me and help me.”

[10:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “When Joshua and the sons of Israel finished defeating them with a very great defeat until they were destroyed (now the survivors escaped to the fortified cities).” In the Hebrew text the initial temporal clause (“when Joshua…finished”) is subordinated to v. 21 (“the whole army returned”).

[10:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua [at] Makkedah [in] peace.”

[10:21]  ²⁰ tc Heb “No man.” The lamed (ל) prefixed to אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) is probably dittographic (note the immediately preceding יִשְׂרָאֵל [isra’el] which ends in lamed, ל); cf. the LXX.

[10:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “no man sharpened [or perhaps, “pointed”] his tongue against the sons of Israel.” Cf. NEB “not a man of the Israelites suffered so much as a scratch on his tongue,” which understands “sharpened” as “scratched” (referring to a minor wound). Most modern translations understand the Hebrew expression “sharpened his tongue” figuratively for opposition or threats against the Israelites.

[11:19]  ²² tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.

[11:19]  ²³ tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”

[12:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “gave it for a possession.”

[13:13]  ²⁵ tn Or “dispossess.”

[13:25]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and half of the land of the sons of Ammon.”

[13:25]  ²⁷ tn Heb “in front of.”

[15:1]  ²⁸ tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”

[15:14]  ²⁹ tn Or “dispossessed.”

[15:21]  ³⁰ 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.”

[16:1]  ³¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:1]  ³² tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”

[16:1]  map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[16:5]  ³³ tn Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”

[16:8]  ³⁴ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”

[17:12]  ³⁵ tn Heb “sons”; “men” has been used in the translation because the context involves the conquest of cities; therefore, warriors (hence males) would be in view here.

[17:12]  ³⁶ tn Or “were determined.”

[18:1]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[18:1]  sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.

[18:1]  ³⁸ tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”

[18:17]  ³⁹ tn Or “ascent.”

[18:28]  ⁴⁰ tn The word “city” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:28]  ⁴¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:28]  ⁴² tn The structure of this list presents problems. In v. 28 no conjunction appears before “Haeleph” or “Kiriath” in the Hebrew text. This suggests they should be compounded with the preceding names, yielding “Zelah Haeleph” and “Gibeah Kiriath” respectively. This results in a list of only twelve cities, however, while the summary statement (v. 28) gives the number fourteen. One should note, however, that the city lists in chap. 15 do not consistently use the conjunction before the name of each city. See also Josh 19:7, where no conjunction appears before “Rimmon,” but the summary assumes that Ain and Rimmon are distinct.

[18:28]  ⁴³ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin.”

[19:8]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”

[20:2]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”

[20:2]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “asylum.”

[24:4]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”