Joshua 5:4

5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.¹

Joshua 6:3

6:3 Have all the warriors march around the city one time;² do this for six days.

Joshua 8:3

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai.³ Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

Joshua 8:11

8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city.⁴ They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.⁵

Joshua 11:7

11:7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.⁶

Joshua 11:19

11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);⁷ they had to conquer all of them,⁸

Joshua 14:11

14:11 Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.⁹

Joshua 14:15

14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.¹⁰) Then the land was free of war.

¹tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”

²tn Heb “and go around the city, all [you] men of war, encircling the city one time.” The Hebrew verb וְסַבֹּתֶם (vÿsabbotem, “and go around”) is plural, being addressed to the whole army.

³tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

⁴tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

⁵tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

⁵tn Heb “Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them at the Waters of Merom suddenly and fell upon them.”

⁶tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.

⁷tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”

⁷tn Heb “like my strength then, like my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.”

⁸tn Heb “And he was the great man among the Anakites.”