Yosua 4:6

4:6 The stones ¹  will be a reminder to you. ²  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Yosua 4:11

4:11 and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on. ³ 

Yosua 4:22

4:22 explain ⁴  to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River ⁵  on dry ground.’

Yosua 6:19

6:19 All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. ⁶  They must go into the Lord’s treasury.”

Yosua 8:4

8:4 He told ⁷  them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

Yosua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ⁸  they all went out after Israel. ⁹  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

Yosua 8:21

8:21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, ¹⁰  they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

Yosua 9:20

9:20 We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.” ¹¹ 

Yosua 11:11

11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword ¹²  – no one who breathed remained – and burned ¹³  Hazor.

Yosua 13:17

13:17 Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

Yosua 13:22

13:22 The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, ¹⁴  along with the others. ¹⁵ 

Yosua 13:26

13:26 Their territory ran ¹⁶  from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.

Yosua 21:41

21:41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites ¹⁷  forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

[4:11]  ³ tn Heb “in the presence of the people.”

[4:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “make known.”

[4:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “crossed this Jordan”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[6:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “it is holy to the Lord.”

[8:4]  ⁷ tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

[8:17]  ⁸ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

[8:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and that the smoke of the city ascended.”

[9:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “This is what we will do to them, keeping them alive so there will not be upon us anger concerning the oath which we swore to them.”

[11:11]  ¹² tn Heb “and they struck down all life which was in it with the edge of the sword, annihilating.”

[11:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[13:22]  ¹⁴ tn Or “diviner.”

[13:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Balaam son of Beor, the omen-reader, the Israelites killed with the sword, along with their slain ones.”

[13:26]  ¹⁶ tn The words “Their territory ran” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

[21:41]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel.”