Joshua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ¹  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

Joshua 8:20

8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw ²  the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. ³  In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

Joshua 4:24

4:24 He has done this so ⁴  all the nations ⁵  of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power ⁶  and so you might always obey ⁷  the Lord your God.”

Joshua 23:9

23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you ⁸  to this very day.

Joshua 9:25

9:25 So now we are in your power. ⁹  Do to us what you think is good and appropriate. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 24:10

24:10 I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept ¹¹  prophesying good things about ¹²  you, and I rescued you from his power. ¹³ 

¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “and they saw, and look.” The Hebrew term הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to the scene and invites the audience to view the events from the perspective of the men of Ai.

³ tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”

³ tn Heb “in order that.”

⁴ tn Or “peoples.”

⁵ tn Heb “know the hand of the Lord that it is strong.”

⁶ tn Heb “fear.”

⁴ tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”

⁵ tn Heb “so now, look, we are in your hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “according to what is good and according to what is upright in your eyes to do us, do.”

⁶ tn The infinitive absolute follows the finite verb in the Hebrew text and indicates continuation or repetition of the action. Balaam pronounced several oracles of blessing over Israel (see Num 23-24).

⁷ tn Heb “blessing.” Balaam’s “blessings” were actually prophecies of how God would prosper Israel.

⁸ tn Heb “hand.”