Joshua 4:14

4:14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected¹ him all his life,² just as they had respected³ Moses.

Joshua 4:24

4:24 He has done this so⁴ all the nations⁵ of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power⁶ and so you might always obey⁷ the Lord your God.”

Joshua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified⁸ because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Joshua 10:8

10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you.⁹ Not one of them can resist you.”¹⁰

Joshua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!¹¹ Take the whole army with you and march against Ai!¹² See, I am handing over to you¹³ the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 10:25

10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!¹⁴ Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

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 burn¹⁵ their chariots.”

Joshua 22:25

22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’¹⁶ In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying¹⁷ the Lord.

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now¹⁸ obey¹⁹ the Lord and worship²⁰ him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors²¹ worshiped²² beyond the Euphrates²³ and in Egypt and worship²⁴ the Lord.

Joshua 9:24

9:24 They said to Joshua, “It was carefully reported to your subjects²⁵ how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified²⁶ we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

¹tn Heb “feared.”

²tn Heb “all the days of his life.”

³tn Heb “had feared.”

⁴tn Heb “in order that.”

⁵tn Or “peoples.”

⁶tn Heb “know the hand of the Lord that it is strong.”

⁷tn Heb “fear.”

⁷tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

¹⁰tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

¹¹tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”

¹³tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

¹⁴tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

¹⁵tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

¹⁶tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

¹⁹tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

²²tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

²³tn Heb “fearing.”

²⁵sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

²⁶tn Heb “fear.”

²⁷tn Or “and serve.”

²⁸tn Heb “your fathers.”

²⁹tn Or “served.”

³⁰tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

³¹tn Or “and serve.”

²⁸tn Heb “your servants.”

²⁹tn Or “we were very afraid.”