Yosua 1:2

1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ¹  Cross the Jordan River! ²  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ³ 

Yosua 1:9

1:9 I repeat, ⁴  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ⁵  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ⁶ 

Yosua 1:16

1:16 They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

Yosua 3:2

3:2 After three days the leaders went through the camp

Yosua 4:12

4:12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

Yosua 11:12

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, ⁷  as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.

Yosua 11:20

11:20 for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses. ⁸ 

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. ⁹ 

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 15:13

15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.) ¹⁰ 

Yosua 18:12

18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho ¹¹  on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.

Yosua 19:50

19:50 As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

Yosua 23:5

23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, ¹²  so you can occupy ¹³  their land as the Lord your God promised ¹⁴  you.

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Get up!”

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “this Jordan”; the word “River” has been supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in v. 11).

[1:2]  ³ tc Heb “Cross over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.” The final phrase, “to the children of Israel,” is probably a later scribal addition specifying the identity of “these people/them.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Have I not commanded you?” The rhetorical question emphasizes the importance of the following command by reminding the listener that it is being repeated.

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[11:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”

[11:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “for from the Lord it was to harden their heart[s] to meet for the battle with Israel, in order to annihilate them, so that they would receive no mercy, in order annihilate them, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

[14:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”

[15:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath Arba (the father of Anak), it is Hebron.”

[18:12]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[23:5]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

[23:5]  ¹³ tn Or “take possession of.”

[23:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “said to.”