Joshua 4:6
4:6 The stones
1 will be a reminder to you.
2 When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’
Joshua 4:21
4:21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’
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Joshua 10:22
10:22 Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings
4 out of the cave to me.”
Joshua 10:42
10:42 Joshua captured in one campaign
5 all these kings and their lands, for the
Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
Joshua 11:5
11:5 All these kings gathered and joined forces
6 at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.
Joshua 17:12
17:12 But the men
7 of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed
8 to remain in those areas.
Joshua 19:8
19:8 as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.
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Joshua 21:3
21:3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the
Lord had instructed.
Joshua 21:8-9
21:8 So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the
Lord had instructed Moses.
21:9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.
Joshua 23:3
23:3 You saw everything the
Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the
Lord your God fights for you.
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Joshua 24:26
24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the
Lord’s shrine.
Joshua 24:29
An Era Ends
24:29 After all this 11 Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.
1 tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”
3 tn Heb “What are these stones?”
5 tn Heb “these five kings.”
7 tn Heb “at one time.”
9 tn Heb “and came and camped together.”
11 tn Heb “sons”; “men” has been used in the translation because the context involves the conquest of cities; therefore, warriors (hence males) would be in view here.
12 tn Or “were determined.”
13 tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”
15 tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”
17 tn Heb “after these things.”