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 ¹  ahead of them.

Joshua 4:24

4:24 He has done this so ²  all the nations ³  of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power ⁴  and so you might always obey ⁵  the Lord your God.”

Joshua 8:5

8:5 I and all the troops ⁶  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 ⁷  in Ai ⁸  were ordered ⁹  to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ¹¹ 

Joshua 20:3

20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; ¹²  these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

¹ tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

² tn Heb “in order that.”

³ tn Or “peoples.”

⁴ tn Heb “know the hand of the Lord that it is strong.”

⁵ tn Heb “fear.”

³ tn Heb “the people.”

⁴ tn Heb “All the people.”

⁵ tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”

⁶ tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ 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).

⁶ tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”