Joshua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ¹  and Ai.

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 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ²  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ³  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ⁴  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ⁵ 

Joshua 11:16

A Summary of Israel’s Victories

11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land, ⁶  including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, ⁷  the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,

Joshua 11:23

11:23 Joshua conquered ⁸  the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses, ⁹  and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. ¹⁰  Then the land was free of war.

Joshua 7:24

7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. ¹¹ 

¹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

² tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

³ tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).

⁴ tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

⁵ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

³ tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”

⁴ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁴ tn Heb “took.”

⁵ tn Heb “according to all which the Lord said to Moses.” The translation assumes this refers to the promise of the land (see 1:3). Another possibility is that it refers to the Lord’s instructions, in which case the phrase could be translated, “just as the Lord had instructed Moses” (so NLT; cf. also NIV “had directed Moses”).

⁶ tn Heb “and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotted portions by their tribes.”

⁵ tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).