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 9:7

9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. ³  So how can we make a treaty with you?”

Joshua 9:16

9:16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. ⁴ 

Joshua 9:22

9:22 ⁵ Joshua summoned the Gibeonites ⁶  and said to them, “Why did you trick ⁷  us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? ⁸ 

Joshua 13:13

13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer ⁹  the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

Joshua 16:10

16:10 The Ephraimites ¹⁰  did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Joshua 24:5

24:5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. ¹¹  Then I brought you out.

Joshua 24:23

24:23 Joshua said, ¹²  “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to ¹³  the Lord God of Israel.”

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 “in our midst.”

⁵ tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.”

⁷ sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

⁸ tn Heb “them.”

⁹ tn Or “deceive.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “live in our midst?”

⁹ tn Or “dispossess.”

¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “by that which I did in its midst.”

¹⁵ tn The words “Joshua said” are supplied for clarification.

¹⁶ tn Heb “bend your heart toward.” The term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) probably here refers to the people’s volition or will.