Yosua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ²  See, I am handing over to you ³  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Yosua 22:11

22:11 The Israelites received this report: ⁴  “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to ⁵  the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

Yosua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, ⁶  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea ⁷  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. ⁸ 

[8:1]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ² tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[22:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the sons of Israel heard, saying.”

[22:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “toward the front of.”

[23:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

[23:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[23:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.