Yosua 1:11

1:11 “Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’” ¹ 

Yosua 2:18

2:18 When we invade the land ² , tie this red rope ³  in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house. ⁴ 

Yosua 3:3-4

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ⁵  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ⁶  and walk ⁷  behind it. 3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ⁸  Keep your distance ⁹  so you can see ¹⁰  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

Yosua 4:3

4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ¹¹  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Yosua 5:12

5:12 The manna stopped appearing the day they ate ¹²  some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again. ¹³ 

Yosua 6:4

6:4 Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns ¹⁴  in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

Yosua 6:8

6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, ¹⁵  the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.

Yosua 6:13

6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.

Yosua 8:13

8:13 The army was in position – the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into ¹⁶  the middle of the valley.

Yosua 9:4

9:4 they did something clever. They collected some provisions ¹⁷  and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

Yosua 10:35

10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they ¹⁸  annihilated it just as they ¹⁹  had done to Lachish.

Yosua 11:2-3

11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in ²⁰  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, ²¹  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west. 11:3 Canaanites came ²²  from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area ²³  of Mizpah.

Yosua 13:3

13:3 from the Shihor River ²⁴  east of ²⁵  Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), ²⁶  including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land ²⁷ 

Yosua 13:5

13:5 the territory of Byblos ²⁸  and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ²⁹ 

Yosua 14:4

14:4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions. ³⁰ 

Yosua 15:3

15:3 extended ³¹  south of the Scorpion Ascent, ³²  crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka.

Yosua 15:11

15:11 It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.

Yosua 15:19

15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present. ³³  Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

Yosua 16:6

16:6 It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah.

Yosua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ³⁴  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

Yosua 18:6

18:6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Yosua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ³⁵  of Judah. This is the western border. ³⁶ 

Yosua 19:29

19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, ³⁷  turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

Yosua 22:8

22:8 saying, “Take home ³⁸  great wealth, a lot of cattle, ³⁹  silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of ⁴⁰  clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”

Yosua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ⁴¹  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ⁴²  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ⁴³  tokens of peace ⁴⁴  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ⁴⁵ 

Yosua 23:5

23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, ⁴⁶  so you can occupy ⁴⁷  their land as the Lord your God promised ⁴⁸  you.

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “to enter to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving to you to possess it.”

[2:18]  ² tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “the cord of this red thread.”

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”

[3:3]  ⁵ sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

[3:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “set out from your place.”

[3:3]  ⁷ tn Or “march.”

[3:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

[3:4]  sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.

[3:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “do not approach it.”

[3:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “know.”

[4:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

[5:12]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel had no more manna.”

[6:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “rams’ horns, trumpets.”

[6:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”

[8:13]  ¹⁶ tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”

[9:4]  ¹⁷ tc Heb “and they went and [?].” The root and meaning of the verb form יִצְטַיָּרוּ (yitstayyaru) are uncertain. The form is most likely a corruption of יִצְטַיָּדוּ (yitstayyadu), read by some Hebrew mss and ancient versions, from the root צוּד (tsud, “take provisions,” BDB 845 s.v. II צוד) which also occurs in v. 11. Note NRSV “they went and prepared provisions”; cf. NEB “They went and disguised themselves”; NIV “they went as a delegation.”

[10:35]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:35]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[11:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”

[11:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).

[11:2]  sn Kinnereth was a city in Galilee located near the Sea of Galilee (Deut 3:17). The surrounding region also became known by this name (1 Kgs 15:20; cf. Matt 14:34), and eventually even the lake itself (Josh 12:3; cf. Luke 5:1).

[11:3]  ²² tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).

[11:3]  ²³ tn Or “land.”

[13:3]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[13:3]  ²⁵ tn Heb “in front of.”

[13:3]  ²⁶ tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”

[13:3]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”

[13:5]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”

[13:5]  ²⁹ tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”

[14:4]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”

[15:3]  ³¹ tn Heb “went out.”

[15:3]  ³² tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[15:19]  ³³ tn Elsewhere this Hebrew word (בְּרָכָה, bÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).

[17:17]  ³⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[18:14]  ³⁵ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:14]  ³⁶ tn Or “side.”

[19:29]  ³⁷ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[22:8]  ³⁸ tn Heb “return to your tents with.”

[22:8]  ³⁹ tn Heb “very many cattle.”

[22:8]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “very much clothing.”

[22:23]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23]  ⁴² tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23]  ⁴³ tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23]  ⁴⁴ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”

[23:5]  ⁴⁶ tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

[23:5]  ⁴⁷ tn Or “take possession of.”

[23:5]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “said to.”