Deuteronomy 33:1

Introduction to the Blessing of Moses

33:1 This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

Joshua 14:6

14:6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. ¹ 

Joshua 14:1

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ² 

Joshua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ³  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ⁴  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ⁵ 

Joshua 9:6-8

9:6 They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.” 9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. ⁶  So how can we make a treaty with you?” 9:8 But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” ⁷  So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁸  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁹  and all along the Mediterranean coast ¹⁰  as far as ¹¹  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 12:22

12:22 the king of Kedesh (one),

the king of Jokneam near Carmel (one),

Joshua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old, ¹²  the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Joshua 13:26

13:26 Their territory ran ¹³  from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.

Joshua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country ¹⁴  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ¹⁵  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

Joshua 17:1

17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. ¹⁶  The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. ¹⁷  They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. ¹⁸ 

Joshua 17:1

17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. ¹⁹  The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. ²⁰  They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. ²¹ 

Joshua 20:1-2

Israel Designates Cities of Refuge

20:1 The Lord instructed Joshua: 20:2 “Have the Israelites select ²²  the cities of refuge ²³  that I told you about through Moses.

Joshua 1:9

1:9 I repeat, ²⁴  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ²⁵  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ²⁶ 

Joshua 1:11-13

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.’” ²⁷ 

1:12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh: 1:13 “Remember what Moses the Lord’s servant commanded you. ²⁸  The Lord your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you. ²⁹ 

Joshua 5:14

5:14 He answered, ³⁰  “Truly I am the commander of the Lord’s army. ³¹  Now I have arrived!” ³²  Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground ³³  and asked, “What does my master want to say to his servant?”

Joshua 5:1

5:1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they ³⁴  crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites. ³⁵ 

Joshua 6:10

6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army, ³⁶  “Do not give a battle cry ³⁷  or raise your voices; say nothing ³⁸  until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’ ³⁹  Then give the battle cry!” ⁴⁰ 

Joshua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ⁴¹  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ⁴² ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 7:17

7:17 He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi ⁴³  was selected. ⁴⁴ 

Joshua 8:2-8

8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho ⁴⁵  and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ⁴⁶  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night. 8:4 He told ⁴⁷  them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready! 8:5 I and all the troops ⁴⁸  who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. 8:6 They will attack ⁴⁹  us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them. 8:7 Then you rise up from your hiding place ⁵⁰  and seize ⁵¹  the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you. 8:8 When you capture the city, set it ⁵²  on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.” ⁵³ 

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ⁵⁴  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ⁵⁵  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ⁵⁶  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

Joshua 23:1-2

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time ⁵⁷  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, ⁵⁸  and Joshua was very old. ⁵⁹  23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

Joshua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ⁶⁰  But he did not realize ⁶¹  men were hiding behind the city. ⁶² 

Joshua 1:7-9

1:7 Make sure you are ⁶³  very strong and brave! Carefully obey ⁶⁴  all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! ⁶⁵  Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful ⁶⁶  in all you do. ⁶⁷  1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ⁶⁸  You must memorize it ⁶⁹  day and night so you can carefully obey ⁷⁰  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ⁷¹  and be successful. ⁷²  1:9 I repeat, ⁷³  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ⁷⁴  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ⁷⁵ 

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Joshua 6:11

6:11 So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. ⁷⁶  Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there. ⁷⁷ 

Joshua 6:2

6:2 The Lord told Joshua, “See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, ⁷⁸  along with its king and its warriors.

Joshua 3:17

3:17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side. ⁷⁹ 

[14:6]  ¹ tn Heb “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, because of me and because of you in Kadesh Barnea.”

[14:1]  ² tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

[2:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

[9:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “in our midst.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “we are your servants.”

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

[9:1]  ⁹ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[9:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[9:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in front of.”

[13:1]  ¹² tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

[13:26]  ¹³ tn The words “Their territory ran” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

[17:18]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

[17:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”

[17:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”

[17:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”

[17:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”

[17:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”

[17:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”

[17:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”

[20:2]  ²² tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”

[20:2]  ²³ tn Or “asylum.”

[1:9]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Have I not commanded you?” The rhetorical question emphasizes the importance of the following command by reminding the listener that it is being repeated.

[1:9]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ²⁶ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:11]  ²⁷ tn Heb “to enter to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving to you to possess it.”

[1:13]  ²⁸ tn Heb “remember the word which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you.”

[1:13]  ²⁹ tn Heb “is providing rest for you and is giving to you this land.”

[5:14]  ³⁰ tc Heb “He said, “Neither.” An alternative reading is לוֹ (lo, “[He said] to him”; cf. NEB). This reading is supported by many Hebrew mss, as well as the LXX and Syriac versions. The traditional reading of the MT (לֹא, lo’, “no, neither”) is probably the product of aural confusion (the two variant readings sound the same in Hebrew). Although followed by a number of modern translations (cf. NIV, NRSV), this reading is problematic, for the commander of the Lord’s army would hardly have declared himself neutral.

[5:14]  ³¹ sn The Lord’s heavenly army, like an earthly army, has a commander who leads the troops. For the phrase שַׂר־צְבָא (sar-tsÿva’, “army commander”) in the human sphere, see among many other references Gen 21:22, 32; 26:26; Judg 4:2, 7; 1 Sam 12:9.

[5:14]  ³² sn The commander’s appearance seems to be for Joshua’s encouragement. Joshua could now lead Israel into battle knowing that the Lord’s invisible army would ensure victory.

[5:14]  ³³ tn Heb “Joshua fell on his face to the ground and bowed down.”

[5:1]  ³⁴ tc Another textual tradition has, “while we crossed.”

[5:1]  ³⁵ tn Heb “their heart[s] melted and there was no longer in them breathe because of the sons of Israel.”

[6:10]  ³⁶ tn Heb “the people.”

[6:10]  ³⁷ tn Or “the shout.”

[6:10]  ³⁸ tn Heb “do not let a word come out of your mouths.”

[6:10]  ³⁹ tn Or “the shout.”

[6:10]  ⁴⁰ tn Or “the shout.”

[7:2]  ⁴¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:2]  ⁴² map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[7:17]  ⁴³ tn See the note on “Zabdi” in 1 Chr 7:1.

[7:17]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “and he selected Zabdi.” The Lord is the apparent subject. The LXX supports reading a passive (Niphal) form here, as does the immediate context.

[8:2]  ⁴⁵ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[8:3]  ⁴⁶ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[8:4]  ⁴⁷ tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

[8:5]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “the people.”

[8:6]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “come out after.”

[8:7]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “from the ambush.”

[8:7]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “take possession of.”

[8:8]  ⁵² tn Heb “the city.”

[8:8]  ⁵³ tn Heb “I have commanded you.”

[23:16]  ⁵⁴ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

[23:16]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[23:16]  ⁵⁶ tn Or “perish.”

[23:1]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “many days.”

[23:1]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

[23:1]  ⁵⁹ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

[8:14]  ⁶⁰ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

[8:14]  ⁶¹ tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ⁶² tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[1:7]  ⁶³ tn Or “Only be.”

[1:7]  ⁶⁴ tn Heb “so you can be careful to do.” The use of the infinitive לִשְׁמֹר (lishmor, “to keep”) after the imperatives suggests that strength and bravery will be necessary for obedience. Another option is to take the form לִשְׁמֹר as a vocative lamed (ל) with imperative (see Isa 38:20 for an example of this construction), which could be translated, “Indeed, be careful!”

[1:7]  ⁶⁵ tn Heb “commanded you.”

[1:7]  ⁶⁶ tn Heb “be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:7]  ⁶⁷ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:8]  ⁶⁸ tn Heb “mouth.”

[1:8]  ⁶⁹ tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

[1:8]  ⁷⁰ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

[1:8]  ⁷¹ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

[1:8]  ⁷² tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:9]  ⁷³ tn Heb “Have I not commanded you?” The rhetorical question emphasizes the importance of the following command by reminding the listener that it is being repeated.

[1:9]  ⁷⁴ tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ⁷⁵ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[6:11]  ⁷⁶ tn Heb “and he made the ark of the Lord go around the city, encircling one time.”

[6:11]  ⁷⁷ tn Heb “and they entered the camp and spent the night in the camp.”

[6:2]  ⁷⁸ tn Heb “I have given into your hand Jericho.” The Hebrew verb נָתַתִּי (natatti, “I have given”) is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action. The Hebrew pronominal suffix “your” is singular, being addressed to Joshua as the leader and representative of the nation. To convey to the modern reader what is about to happen and who is doing it, the translation “I am about to defeat Jericho for you” has been used.

[3:17]  ⁷⁹ tn Heb “and all Israel was crossing over on dry ground until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”