Joshua 1:12

1:12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

Joshua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well!¹ Israelite men have come here tonight² to spy on the land.”

Joshua 6:2

6:2 The Lord told Joshua, “See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you,³ along with its king and its warriors.

Joshua 7:10

7:10 The Lord responded⁴ to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?⁵

Joshua 8:26

8:26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.⁶

Joshua 11:19

11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);⁷ they had to conquer all of them,⁸

Joshua 22:26

22:26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

¹tn Or “look.”

²tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

¹tn Heb “I have given into your hand Jericho.” The Hebrew verb נָתַתִּי (natatti, “I have given”) is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action. The Hebrew pronominal suffix “your” is singular, being addressed to Joshua as the leader and representative of the nation. To convey to the modern reader what is about to happen and who is doing it, the translation “I am about to defeat Jericho for you” has been used.

¹tn Heb “said.”

²tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

¹tn Heb “Joshua did not draw back his hand which held out the curved sword until he had annihilated all the residents of Ai.”

¹tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.

²tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”