Yosua 2:9

2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. ¹  We are absolutely terrified of you, ²  and all who live in the land are cringing before ³  you. ⁴ 

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. ⁵ 

Yosua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ⁶  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

Yosua 22:33

22:33 The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. ⁷  They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived. ⁸ 

Yosua 23:6

23:6 Be very strong! Carefully obey ⁹  all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left,

[2:9]  ¹ tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Or “melting away because of.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the Lord…and that terror of you…and that all the inhabitants….”

[14:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”

[17:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[22:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel blessed God.”

[22:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they did not speak about going up against them for battle to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.”

[23:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “Be strong so you can be careful to do.”