Joshua 8:4

8:4 He told¹ them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

Joshua 24:22

24:22 Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?”² They replied, “We are witnesses!”³

Joshua 9:8

9:8 But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.”⁴ So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

Joshua 7:25

7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster⁵ on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.)⁶

Joshua 5:7

5:7 He replaced them with their sons,⁷ whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.

Joshua 6:18

6:18 But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.⁸

Joshua 9:23

9:23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”⁹

Joshua 22:2

22:2 and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.¹⁰

Joshua 22:15

22:15 They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

Joshua 22:18

22:18 Now today you dare to turn back¹¹ from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against¹² the entire community of Israel.

Joshua 23:5

23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them,¹³ so you can occupy¹⁴ their land as the Lord your God promised¹⁵ you.

Joshua 1:11

1:11 “Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’”¹⁶

Joshua 2:12

2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name.¹⁷ Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family.¹⁸ Give me a solemn pledge¹⁹

Joshua 10:25

10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!²⁰ Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Joshua 18:3

18:3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying²¹ the land the Lord God of your ancestors²² has given you?

Joshua 24:13

24:13 I gave you a land in²³ which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of²⁴ vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

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.²⁵

Joshua 24:15

24:15 If you have no desire²⁶ to worship²⁷ the Lord, choose today whom you will worship,²⁸ whether it be the gods whom your ancestors²⁹ worshiped³⁰ beyond the Euphrates,³¹ or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family³² will worship³³ the Lord!”

¹tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

²tn Heb “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord to serve him.”

³sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment.

³tn Heb “we are your servants.”

⁴tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

⁵tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

⁵tn Heb “their sons he raised up in their place.”

⁶tn Heb “Only you keep [away] from what is set apart [to the Lord] so that you might not, as you are setting [it] apart, take some of what is set apart [to the Lord] and make the camp of Israel set apart [to destruction by the Lord] and bring trouble on it.”

⁷tn Heb “Now you are cursed and a servant will not be cut off from you, woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

⁸tn Heb “You have kept all which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, and you have listened to my voice, to all which I commanded you.”

⁹tn Heb “you are turning back.”

¹⁰tn Or “he will be angry with.”

¹⁰tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

¹¹tn Or “take possession of.”

¹²tn Heb “said to.”

¹¹tn Heb “to enter to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving to you to possess it.”

¹²tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the Lord.”

¹³tn Heb “with the house of my father.”

¹⁴tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”

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

¹⁴tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”

¹⁵tn Or “fathers.”

¹⁵tn Or perhaps, “for.”

¹⁶tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.

¹⁶tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

¹⁷tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”

¹⁸tn Or “to serve.”

¹⁹tn Or “will serve.”

²⁰tn Heb “your fathers.”

²¹tn Or “served.”

²²tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

²³tn Heb “house.”

²⁴tn Or “will serve.”