Joshua 3:1

Israel Crosses the Jordan

3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. ¹  They camped there before crossing the river. ² 

Joshua 3:14

3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ³  ahead of them.

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 6:9

6:9 Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams’ horns.

Joshua 8:5

8:5 I and all the troops ⁸  who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

Joshua 8:16

8:16 All the reinforcements ⁹  in Ai ¹⁰  were ordered ¹¹  to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

Joshua 15:4

15:4 It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, ¹²  and ended at the sea. This was their ¹³  southern border.

Joshua 15:12

15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. ¹⁴  These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. ¹⁵ 

Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹⁶  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ¹⁷ 

Joshua 16:3

16:3 It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea.

Joshua 16:6

16:6 It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah.

Joshua 16:8

16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim ¹⁸  by its clans.

Joshua 20:3

20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; ¹⁹  these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

¹ tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”

² tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “in order that.”

⁶ tn Or “peoples.”

⁷ tn Heb “know the hand of the Lord that it is strong.”

⁸ tn Heb “fear.”

⁷ tn Heb “the people.”

⁹ tn Heb “All the people.”

¹⁰ tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”

¹¹ tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”

¹¹ tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).

¹² tn The translation follows the LXX at this point. The MT reads, “This will be your southern border.”

¹³ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

¹⁴ tn Heb “this was the border of the sons of Judah round about, by their clans.”

¹⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁶ sn 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).

¹⁷ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”