Yosua 2:10

2:10 For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. ¹ 

Yosua 2:14

2:14 The men said to her, “If you ²  die, may we die too! ³  If you do not report what we’ve been up to, ⁴  then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance ⁵  to you.” ⁶ 

Yosua 7:12

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ⁷  I will no longer be with you, ⁸  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ⁹ 

Yosua 7:15

7:15 The one caught with the riches ¹⁰  must be burned up ¹¹  along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

Yosua 8:2

8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho ¹²  and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

Yosua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ¹³  But he did not realize ¹⁴  men were hiding behind the city. ¹⁵ 

Yosua 8:20

8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw ¹⁶  the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. ¹⁷  In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

Yosua 12:5

12:5 and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

Yosua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country ¹⁸  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ¹⁹  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

Yosua 18:16

18:16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

Yosua 19:27

19:27 It turned eastward toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, as well as the Valley of Emek and Neiel, and extended to Cabul on the north ²⁰ 

Yosua 20:8

20:8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho ²¹  they selected ²²  Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

Yosua 21:9

21:9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

Yosua 22:6

22:6 Joshua rewarded ²³  them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes. ²⁴ 

Yosua 22:24

22:24 We swear we have done this because we were worried that ²⁵  in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel? ²⁶ 

Yosua 22:28

22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing ²⁷  to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors ²⁸  made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’ ²⁹ 

Yosua 22:30

22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ³⁰  they were satisfied. ³¹ 

Yosua 23:14

23:14 “Look, today I am about to die. ³²  You know with all your heart and being ³³  that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled! ³⁴ 

Yosua 24:15

24:15 If you have no desire ³⁵  to worship ³⁶  the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, ³⁷  whether it be the gods whom your ancestors ³⁸  worshiped ³⁹  beyond the Euphrates, ⁴⁰  or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family ⁴¹  will worship ⁴²  the Lord!”

[2:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and what you did to the two Amorite kings who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, how you annihilated them.”

[2:14]  ² tn The second person pronoun is masculine plural, indicating that Rahab’s entire family is in view.

[2:14]  ³ tn Heb “Our lives in return for you to die.” If the lives of Rahab’s family are not spared, then the spies will pay for the broken vow with their own lives.

[2:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “If you do not report this matter of ours.”

[2:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “allegiance and faithfulness.” These virtual synonyms are joined in the translation as “unswerving allegiance” to emphasize the degree of promised loyalty.

[2:14]  ⁶ tn The second person pronoun is feminine singular, referring specifically to Rahab.

[7:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

[7:12]  ⁸ tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

[7:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[7:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

[8:2]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[8:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

[8:14]  ¹⁴ tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[8:20]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and they saw, and look.” The Hebrew term הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to the scene and invites the audience to view the events from the perspective of the men of Ai.

[8:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”

[17:18]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

[17:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”

[19:27]  ²⁰ tn Heb “left.”

[20:8]  ²¹ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[20:8]  ²² tn Or “set aside.”

[22:6]  ²³ tn Heb “blessed.” However, see v. 8, where rewards are given.

[22:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and they went to their tents.”

[22:24]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Surely, from worry concerning a matter we have done this, saying.”

[22:24]  ²⁶ tn Heb “What is there to you and to the Lord God of Israel?” The rhetorical question is sarcastic in tone and anticipates a response, “Absolutely none!”

[22:28]  ²⁷ tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[22:28]  ²⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

[22:28]  ²⁹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:30]  ³⁰ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:30]  ³¹ tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”

[23:14]  ³² tn Heb “go the way of all the earth.”

[23:14]  ³³ tn Or “soul.”

[23:14]  ³⁴ tn Heb “one word from all these words which the Lord your God spoke to you has not fallen, the whole has come to pass for you, one word from it has not fallen.”

[24:15]  ³⁵ tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”

[24:15]  ³⁶ tn Or “to serve.”

[24:15]  ³⁷ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:15]  ³⁸ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:15]  ³⁹ tn Or “served.”

[24:15]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:15]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “house.”

[24:15]  ⁴² tn Or “will serve.”