Yosua 2:18

2:18 When we invade the land ¹ , tie this red rope ²  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. ³ 

Yosua 4:9

4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ⁴  in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

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 ⁵  the middle of the valley.

Yosua 9:21

9:21 The leaders then added, ⁶  “Let them live.” So they became ⁷  woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. ⁸ 

Yosua 10:3

10:3 So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:

Yosua 10:19

10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! ⁹  Don’t allow them to retreat to ¹⁰  their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” ¹¹ 

Yosua 10:25

10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹²  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Yosua 11:12

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, ¹³  as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.

Yosua 11:14

11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people ¹⁴  and allowed no one who breathed to live.

Yosua 11:22

11:22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Yosua 13:33

13:33 However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance ¹⁵  to the Levites; their inheritance ¹⁶  is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed ¹⁷  them.

Yosua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹⁸  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ¹⁹ 

Yosua 16:10

16:10 The Ephraimites ²⁰  did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Yosua 22:2

22:2 and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. ²¹ 

Yosua 22:20

22:20 When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city’s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, ²²  though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!’” ²³ 

Yosua 23:12

23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with ²⁴  these nations that remain near you, ²⁵  and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, ²⁶ 

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 ²⁷  the Lord, for he is our God!”

Yosua 24:20

24:20 If ²⁸  you abandon the Lord and worship ²⁹  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ³⁰  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ³¹  though he once treated you well.” ³² 

Yosua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ³³  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ³⁴  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ³⁵ 

[2:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”

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

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”

[4:9]  ⁴ tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”

[9:21]  ⁶ tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”

[9:21]  ⁷ tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.

[9:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”

[10:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”

[10:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “enter into.”

[10:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

[10:25]  ¹² tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[11:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”

[11:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”

[13:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Moses did not assign an inheritance.” The word “land” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what the inheritance consisted of.

[13:33]  ¹⁶ tn That is, “their source of food and life.”

[13:33]  ¹⁷ tn Or “as he promised”; Heb “as he spoke to.”

[13:33]  sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.

[15:63]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:63]  ¹⁹ 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).

[16:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “You have kept all which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, and you have listened to my voice, to all which I commanded you.”

[22:20]  ²² tn Heb “Is it not [true that] Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord] and against all the assembly of Israel there was anger?”

[22:20]  ²³ tn The second half of the verse reads literally, “and he [was] one man, he did not die for his sin.” There are at least two possible ways to explain this statement: (1) One might interpret the statement to mean that Achan was not the only person who died for his sin. In this case it could be translated, “and he was not the only one to die because of his sin.” (2) Another option, the one reflected in the translation, is to take the words וְהוּא אִישׁ אֶחָד (vÿhu’ ’ish ’ekhad, “and he [was] one man”) as a concessive clause and join it with what precedes. The remaining words (לֹא גָוַע בַּעֲוֹנוֹ, lo’ gava’ ba’avono) must then be taken as a rhetorical question (“Did he not die for his sin?”). Taking the last sentence as interrogative is consistent with the first part of the verse, a rhetorical question introduced with the interrogative particle. The present translation has converted these rhetorical questions into affirmative statements to bring out more clearly the points they are emphasizing. For further discussion, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 240.

[23:12]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and hug.”

[23:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

[23:12]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”

[24:18]  ²⁷ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:20]  ²⁸ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ²⁹ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ³⁰ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ³¹ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ³² tn Heb “after he did good for you.”

[24:31]  ³³ tn Or “served.”

[24:31]  ³⁴ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

[24:31]  ³⁵ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”