Yosua 5:3

5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins. ¹ 

Yosua 5:15

5:15 The commander of the Lord’s army answered Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.

Yosua 9:15

9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community ²  sealed it with an oath. ³ 

Yosua 9:26

9:26 Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them ⁴ 

Yosua 10:28

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. ⁵ 

Yosua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel ⁶  put the sword to all who lived there; they ⁷  left no survivors. They ⁸  did to its king what they ⁹  had done to the king of Jericho. ¹⁰ 

Yosua 11:9

11:9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned ¹¹  their chariots.

[5:3]  ¹ tn Or “Gibeath Haaraloth.” This name means “Hill of the Foreskins.” Many modern translations simply give the Hebrew name, although an explanatory note giving the meaning of the name is often included.

[5:3]  sn The name given to the place, Hill of the Foreskins was an obvious reminder of this important event.

[9:15]  ² tn Or “assembly.”

[9:15]  ³ tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”

[9:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “And he did to them so and he rescued them from the hand of the sons of Israel and they did not kill them.”

[10:28]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:30]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[11:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.