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 3:8

3:8 Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, ²  wade into the water.’” ³ 

Yosua 3:15

3:15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface ⁴  of the water – (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) ⁵  –

Yosua 6:22

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house ⁶  and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” ⁷ 

Yosua 13:9

13:9 Their territory started ⁸  from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon,

Yosua 13:30

13:30 Their territory started at ⁹  Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair ¹⁰  in Bashan.

Yosua 14:8

14:8 My countrymen ¹¹  who accompanied ¹²  me frightened the people, ¹³  but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. ¹⁴ 

Yosua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹⁵  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ¹⁶ 

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. ¹⁷  Though they had subdued the land, ¹⁸ 

Yosua 18:21

18:21 These cities belonged to the tribe ¹⁹  of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, ²⁰  Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

Yosua 19:1

Simeon’s Tribal Lands

19:1 The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. ²¹ 

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. ²² 

Yosua 19:29

19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, ²³  turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

Yosua 21:43

21:43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, ²⁴  and they conquered ²⁵  it and lived in it.

Yosua 24:18

24:18 The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship ²⁶  the Lord, for he is our God!”

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

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “the edge of the waters of the Jordan.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[3:8]  ³ tn Heb “stand in the Jordan.” Here the repetition of the word “Jordan” would be redundant according to contemporary English style, so it was not included in the translation.

[3:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”

[3:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”

[3:15]  sn The lengthy description of the priests’ arrival at the Jordan and the parenthetical reminder that the Jordan was at flood stage delay the climax of the story and add to its dramatic buildup.

[6:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

[6:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”

[13:9]  ⁸ tn The words “their territory started” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[13:30]  ⁹ tn The words “their territory started at” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

[13:30]  ¹⁰ sn The Hebrew name Havvoth Jair means “the tent villages of Jair.”

[14:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[14:8]  ¹² tn Heb “went up with.”

[14:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”

[14:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.

[15:63]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:63]  ¹⁶ sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

[18:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

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

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

[18:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:21]  ²⁰ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[19:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “and the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon by their clans.”

[19:8]  ²² tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”

[19:29]  ²³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[21:43]  ²⁴ tn Heb “which he had sworn to give to their fathers.”

[21:43]  ²⁵ tn Or “possessed.”

[24:18]  ²⁶ tn Or “will serve.”