Joshua 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ¹  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ²  and walk ³  behind it.

Joshua 3:1

Israel Crosses the Jordan

3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. ⁴  They camped there before crossing the river. ⁵ 

Joshua 15:11-12

15:11 It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.

15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. ⁶  These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. ⁷ 

Joshua 15:2

15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, ⁸ 

Joshua 17:8-9

17:8 (The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.) 17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, ⁹  but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.

Joshua 1:4-11

1:4 Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) ¹⁰  and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea ¹¹  in the west. ¹²  1:5 No one will be able to resist you ¹³  all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone. 1:6 Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them. ¹⁴  1:7 Make sure you are ¹⁵  very strong and brave! Carefully obey ¹⁶  all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! ¹⁷  Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful ¹⁸  in all you do. ¹⁹  1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ²⁰  You must memorize it ²¹  day and night so you can carefully obey ²²  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ²³  and be successful. ²⁴  1:9 I repeat, ²⁵  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ²⁶  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ²⁷ 

Joshua Prepares for the Invasion

1:10 Joshua instructed ²⁸  the leaders of the people: 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.’” ²⁹ 

Joshua 1:15

1:15 until the Lord gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the Lord’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.” ³⁰ 

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 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 1:12

1:12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

Joshua 1:9-10

1:9 I repeat, ³¹  be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, ³²  for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.” ³³ 

Joshua Prepares for the Invasion

1:10 Joshua instructed ³⁴  the leaders of the people:

Joshua 1:2

1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ³⁵  Cross the Jordan River! ³⁶  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ³⁷ 

Joshua 1:2-6

1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ³⁸  Cross the Jordan River! ³⁹  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ⁴⁰  1:3 I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses. ⁴¹  1:4 Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) ⁴²  and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea ⁴³  in the west. ⁴⁴  1:5 No one will be able to resist you ⁴⁵  all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone. 1:6 Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them. ⁴⁶ 

Nehemiah 12:24-28

12:24 And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by ⁴⁷  David the man of God.

12:25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates. 12:26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe. ⁴⁸ 

The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated

12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, ⁴⁹  they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived ⁵⁰  to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. 12:28 The singers ⁵¹  were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

Nehemiah 13:22

13:22 Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

Nehemiah 13:28

13:28 Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight.

[3:3]  ¹ sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

[3:3]  ² tn Heb “set out from your place.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Or “march.”

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”

[3:1]  ⁵ tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[15:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[15:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “this was the border of the sons of Judah round about, by their clans.”

[15:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[17:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”

[1:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all the land of the Hittites.” The expression “the land of the Hittites” does not refer to Anatolia (modern Turkey), where the ancient Hittite kingdom of the second millennium b.c. was located, but rather to Syria, the “Hatti land” mentioned in inscriptions of the first millennium b.c. (see HALOT 1:363). The phrase is omitted in the LXX and may be a scribal addition.

[1:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[1:4]  ¹² tn Heb “From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, even to the great sea [at] the place where the sun sets, your territory will be.”

[1:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “A man will not stand before you.” The second person pronouns in this verse are singular, indicating Joshua is the addressee.

[1:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “For you will cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.” The pronoun “them” at the end of the verse refers to either the people or to the fathers.

[1:7]  ¹⁵ tn Or “Only be.”

[1:7]  ¹⁶ 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]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “commanded you.”

[1:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “mouth.”

[1:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

[1:8]  ²² tn Heb “be careful to do.”

[1:8]  ²³ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

[1:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[1:9]  ²⁵ 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]  ²⁶ tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ²⁷ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:10]  ²⁸ tn Or “commanded.”

[1:11]  ²⁹ tn Heb “to enter to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving to you to possess it.”

[1:15]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Then you may return to the land of your possession and possess it, that which Moses, the Lord’s servant, gave to you beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun.”

[1:9]  ³¹ 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]  ³² tn Or perhaps, “don’t get discouraged!”

[1:9]  ³³ tn Heb “in all which you go.”

[1:10]  ³⁴ tn Or “commanded.”

[1:2]  ³⁵ tn Heb “Get up!”

[1:2]  ³⁶ tn Heb “this Jordan”; the word “River” has been supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in v. 11).

[1:2]  ³⁷ tc Heb “Cross over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.” The final phrase, “to the children of Israel,” is probably a later scribal addition specifying the identity of “these people/them.”

[1:2]  ³⁸ tn Heb “Get up!”

[1:2]  ³⁹ tn Heb “this Jordan”; the word “River” has been supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in v. 11).

[1:2]  ⁴⁰ tc Heb “Cross over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.” The final phrase, “to the children of Israel,” is probably a later scribal addition specifying the identity of “these people/them.”

[1:3]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “Every place on which the sole of your foot walks, to you I have given it, as I said to Moses.” The second person pronouns in vv. 3-4 are plural, indicating that all the people are addressed here. The verbal form נְתַתִּיו (nÿtattiv, “I have given it”) is probably a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action. Another option is to translate, “I have already assigned it.” In this case the verb would probably refer to the Lord’s decree to Abraham that he would give this land to his descendants.

[1:4]  ⁴² tn Heb “all the land of the Hittites.” The expression “the land of the Hittites” does not refer to Anatolia (modern Turkey), where the ancient Hittite kingdom of the second millennium b.c. was located, but rather to Syria, the “Hatti land” mentioned in inscriptions of the first millennium b.c. (see HALOT 1:363). The phrase is omitted in the LXX and may be a scribal addition.

[1:4]  ⁴³ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[1:4]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, even to the great sea [at] the place where the sun sets, your territory will be.”

[1:5]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “A man will not stand before you.” The second person pronouns in this verse are singular, indicating Joshua is the addressee.

[1:6]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “For you will cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.” The pronoun “them” at the end of the verse refers to either the people or to the fathers.

[12:24]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “in [accord with] the commandment of.”

[12:26]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

[12:27]  ⁴⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “from all their places.” The words “they lived” are implied.

[12:28]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “the sons of the singers.”