Joshua 21:41

21:41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

Joshua 4:13

4:13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the Lord to fight on the plains of Jericho.

Joshua 14:7

14:7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.

Joshua 14:10

14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

Joshua 5:6

5:6 Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

Joshua 24:7

24:7 Your fathers cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, 10  and then drowned them in the sea. 11  You witnessed with your very own eyes 12  what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. 13 

tn Heb “in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel.”

tn Heb “men equipped for battle.”

tn Heb “for war.”

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tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”

tn Heb “all the nation, the men of war who went out from Egypt, who did not listen to the voice of the Lord, came to an end.”

tn Some Hebrew mss, as well as the Syriac version, support this reading. Most ancient witnesses read “us.”

tn Heb “flowing with.”

tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).

tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”

tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”

tn Heb “your eyes saw.”

tn Heb “many days.”