Yosua 5:4

5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt. ¹ 

Yosua 24:2

24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors ²  lived beyond the Euphrates River, ³  including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped ⁴  other gods,

Yosua 24:14-15

24:14 Now ⁵  obey ⁶  the Lord and worship ⁷  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ⁸  worshiped ⁹  beyond the Euphrates ¹⁰  and in Egypt and worship ¹¹  the Lord. 24:15 If you have no desire ¹²  to worship ¹³  the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, ¹⁴  whether it be the gods whom your ancestors ¹⁵  worshiped ¹⁶  beyond the Euphrates, ¹⁷  or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family ¹⁸  will worship ¹⁹  the Lord!”

[5:4]  ¹ tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”

[24:2]  ² tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:2]  ³ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:2]  ⁴ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ⁵ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

[24:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ⁷ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ⁹ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ¹¹ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:15]  ¹² tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”

[24:15]  ¹³ tn Or “to serve.”

[24:15]  ¹⁴ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:15]  ¹⁶ tn Or “served.”

[24:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[24:15]  ¹⁹ tn Or “will serve.”