Yosua 2:3

2:3 So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: ¹  “Turn over ²  the men who came to you ³  – the ones who came to your house ⁴  – for they have come to spy on the whole land!”

Yosua 2:5

2:5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. ⁵  I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

Yosua 4:3

4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ⁶  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Yosua 4:5

4:5 Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

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 ⁷  the middle of the valley.

Yosua 8:25

8:25 Twelve thousand men and women died ⁸  that day, including all the men of Ai.

Yosua 11:4

11:4 These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots. ⁹ 

Yosua 13:30

13:30 Their territory started at ¹⁰  Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair ¹¹  in Bashan.

Yosua 15:3

15:3 extended ¹²  south of the Scorpion Ascent, ¹³  crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka.

Yosua 18:3

18:3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying ¹⁴  the land the Lord God of your ancestors ¹⁵  has given you?

Yosua 18:12

18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho ¹⁶  on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.

Yosua 19:1

Simeon’s Tribal Lands

19:1 The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. ¹⁷ 

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. ¹⁸ 

Yosua 24:20

24:20 If ¹⁹  you abandon the Lord and worship ²⁰  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ²¹  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ²²  though he once treated you well.” ²³ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “bring out.”

[2:3]  ³ tn The idiom “come to” (בוֹא אֶל, bo’ ’el) probably has sexual connotations here, as it often does elsewhere when a man “comes to” a woman. If so, the phrase could be translated “your clients.” The instructions reflect Rahab’s perspective as to the identity of the men.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn The words “the ones who came to your house” (Heb “who came to your house”) may be a euphemistic scribal addition designed to blur the sexual connotation of the preceding words.

[2:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “And the gate was to be shut in the darkness and the men went out.”

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

[8:13]  ⁷ tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”

[8:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “fell.”

[11:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “They and all their camps with them came out, a people as numerous as the sand which is on the edge of the sea in multitude, and [with] horses and chariots very numerous.”

[13:30]  ¹⁰ tn The words “their territory started at” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

[13:30]  ¹¹ sn The Hebrew name Havvoth Jair means “the tent villages of Jair.”

[15:3]  ¹² tn Heb “went out.”

[15:3]  ¹³ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[18:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”

[18:3]  ¹⁵ tn Or “fathers.”

[18:12]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[19:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon by their clans.”

[22:2]  ¹⁸ 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.”

[24:20]  ¹⁹ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ²⁰ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ²¹ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ²² tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ²³ tn Heb “after he did good for you.”