Deuteronomy 5:3

5:3 He ¹  did not make this covenant with our ancestors ²  but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.

Deuteronomy 29:14-15

29:14 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath, 29:15 but with whoever stands with us here today before the Lord our God as well as those not with us here today. ³ 

Joshua 9:15

9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community ⁴  sealed it with an oath. ⁵ 

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁶  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁷  and all along the Mediterranean coast ⁸  as far as ⁹  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 1:1-2

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant: 1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ¹⁰  Cross the Jordan River! ¹¹  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ¹² 

Joshua 21:1-2

Levitical Cities

21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders 21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

² tn Heb “fathers.”

³ tn This is interpreted by some English versions as a reference to generations not yet born (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).

⁴ tn Or “assembly.”

⁵ 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.”

⁶ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

⁷ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁸ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁹ tn Heb “in front of.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Get up!”

¹¹ tn Heb “this Jordan”; the word “River” has been supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in v. 11).

¹² tc Heb “Cross over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.” The final phrase, “to the children of Israel,” is probably a later scribal addition specifying the identity of “these people/them.”