Joshua 1:6

1:6 Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them. ¹ 

Joshua 3:8

3:8 Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, ²  wade into the water.’” ³ 

Joshua 6:18

6:18 But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster. ⁴ 

Joshua 8:4

8:4 He told ⁵  them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

Joshua 9:7

9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. ⁶  So how can we make a treaty with you?”

Joshua 9:22-23

9:22 ⁷ Joshua summoned the Gibeonites ⁸  and said to them, “Why did you trick ⁹  us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? ¹⁰  9:23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” ¹¹ 

Joshua 10:19

10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! ¹²  Don’t allow them to retreat to ¹³  their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” ¹⁴ 

Joshua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old, ¹⁵  the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Joshua 18:6

18:6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua 22:2

22:2 and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. ¹⁶ 

Joshua 23:3

23:3 You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the Lord your God fights for you. ¹⁷ 

Joshua 23:9

23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you ¹⁸  to this very day.

¹ tn Heb “For you will cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.” The pronoun “them” at the end of the verse refers to either the people or to the fathers.

² tn Heb “the edge of the waters of the Jordan.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

³ tn Heb “stand in the Jordan.” Here the repetition of the word “Jordan” would be redundant according to contemporary English style, so it was not included in the translation.

³ tn Heb “Only you keep [away] from what is set apart [to the Lord] so that you might not, as you are setting [it] apart, take some of what is set apart [to the Lord] and make the camp of Israel set apart [to destruction by the Lord] and bring trouble on it.”

⁴ tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

⁵ tn Heb “in our midst.”

⁶ sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

⁷ tn Heb “them.”

⁸ tn Or “deceive.”

⁹ tn Heb “live in our midst?”

⁷ tn Heb “Now you are cursed and a servant will not be cut off from you, woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

⁸ tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”

⁹ tn Or “enter into.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

⁹ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

¹⁰ tn Heb “You have kept all which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, and you have listened to my voice, to all which I commanded you.”

¹¹ tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

¹² tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”