Joshua 1:2

1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ¹  Cross the Jordan River! ²  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ³ 

Joshua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near ⁴  Jericho, ⁵  he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. ⁶  Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” ⁷ 

Joshua 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.

Joshua 6:17

6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, ⁸  except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies ⁹  we sent.

Joshua 8:24

8:24 When Israel had finished killing all the men ¹⁰  of Ai who had chased them toward the desert ¹¹  (they all fell by the sword), ¹²  all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

Joshua 14:6

14:6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. ¹³ 

Joshua 14:12

14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. ¹⁴  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer ¹⁵  them, as the Lord promised.”

Joshua 17:15

17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, ¹⁶  go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”

Joshua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ¹⁷  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

¹ tn Heb “Get up!”

² tn Heb “this Jordan”; the word “River” has been supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in v. 11).

³ 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.”

⁴ tn Heb “in.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁶ tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

⁷ tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

⁷ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “messengers.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “residents.”

¹¹ tn Heb “in the field, in the desert in which they chased them.”

¹² tc Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The LXX omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.

¹³ tn Heb “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, because of me and because of you in Kadesh Barnea.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

¹⁷ tn Or “will dispossess.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “If you are a great people.”

²² tn Heb “house.”