Joshua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:¹ “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.”² They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.³

Joshua 6:10

6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army,⁴ “Do not give a battle cry⁵ or raise your voices; say nothing⁶ until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’⁷ Then give the battle cry!”⁸

Joshua 6:22

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house⁹ and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”¹⁰

Joshua 7:15

7:15 The one caught with the riches¹¹ must be burned up¹² along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they¹³ captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 11:6

11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn¹⁴ their chariots.”

Joshua 11:10

11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor,¹⁵ and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time¹⁶ the leader of all these kingdoms.

Joshua 11:17

11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.¹⁷

Joshua 15:19

15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present.¹⁸ Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem.¹⁹ The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.²⁰

Joshua 17:11

17:11 Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo,²¹ the three of Napheth,²² and the towns surrounding all these cities.²³

Joshua 22:5

22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love²⁴ the Lord your God, follow all his instructions,²⁵ obey²⁶ his commands, be loyal to him,²⁷ and serve him with all your heart and being!”²⁸

Joshua 24:17

24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery²⁹ in the land of Egypt³⁰ and performed these awesome miracles³¹ before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.³²

Joshua 24:32

24:32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money.³³ So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph.³⁴

¹tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

²tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

³tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

⁴tn Heb “the people.”

⁵tn Or “the shout.”

⁶tn Heb “do not let a word come out of your mouths.”

⁷tn Or “the shout.”

⁸tn Or “the shout.”

⁷tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

⁸tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”

¹⁰tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

¹¹tn Heb “burned with fire.”

¹³tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁶tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

¹⁹map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

²⁰tn Or “formerly.”

²²tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”

²⁵tn Elsewhere this Hebrew word (בְּרָכָה, bÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).

²⁸map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁹sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

³¹map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

³²tn Or “the third [is] Napheth”; or “Napheth-dor.” The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain.

³³tn Heb “Beth Shean and its surrounding towns, Ibleam and its surrounding towns, the residents of Dor and its surrounding towns, the residents of En Dor and its surrounding towns, the residents of Taanach and its surrounding towns, the residents of Megiddo and its surrounding towns, three of Nepheth.”

³⁴tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, to love.”

³⁵tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”

³⁶tn Or “keep.”

³⁷tn Heb “hug him.”

³⁸tn Or “soul.”

³⁷tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”

³⁸tn Heb “for the Lord our God, he is the one who brought up us and our fathers from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.”

³⁹tn Or “great signs.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “one hundred qesitahs.” The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qesitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value and/or weight is unknown. The word occurs only here and in Gen 33:19 and Job 42:11.

⁴¹tn Heb “and they became for the sons of Joseph an inheritance.” One might think “bones” is the subject of the verb “they became,” but the verb is masculine, while “bones” is feminine. The translation follows the emendation suggested in the BHS note, which appeals to the Syriac and Vulgate for support. The emended reading understands “the part (of the field)” as the subject of the verb “became.” The emended verb is feminine singular; this agrees with “the part” (of the field), which is feminine in Hebrew.