Joshua 1:13

1:13 “Remember what Moses the Lord’s servant commanded you. ¹  The Lord your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you. ² 

Joshua 4:23

4:23 For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. ³ 

Joshua 6:8

6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, ⁴  the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.

Joshua 6:13

6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.

Joshua 8:31

8:31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. ⁵  They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace. ⁶ 

Joshua 10:12

10:12 The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: ⁷ 

“O sun, stand still over Gibeon!

O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”

Joshua 11:15

11:15 Moses the Lord’s servant passed on the Lord’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses. ⁸ 

Joshua 11:20

11:20 for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses. ⁹ 

Joshua 18:7

18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. ¹⁰  Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land ¹¹  east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”

Joshua 21:44

21:44 The Lord made them secure, ¹²  in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. ¹³  None of their enemies could resist them. ¹⁴ 

Joshua 22:4-5

22:4 Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, ¹⁵  just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes ¹⁶  in your own land ¹⁷  which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan. 22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love ¹⁸  the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, ¹⁹  obey ²⁰  his commands, be loyal to him, ²¹  and serve him with all your heart and being!” ²² 

Joshua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ²³  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ²⁴  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ²⁵  tokens of peace ²⁶  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ²⁷ 

Joshua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ²⁸  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ²⁹  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ³⁰  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ³¹ 

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ³²  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ³³  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ³⁴  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ³⁵  obey ³⁶  the Lord and worship ³⁷  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ³⁸  worshiped ³⁹  beyond the Euphrates ⁴⁰  and in Egypt and worship ⁴¹  the Lord.

Joshua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ⁴²  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ⁴³  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ⁴⁴ 

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

[1:13]  ² tn Heb “is providing rest for you and is giving to you this land.”

[4:23]  ³ tn Heb “just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea when he dried [it] up before us while we crossed over.”

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”

[8:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones on which no one had wielded iron.” The expression “whole stones” refers to stones in their natural condition, i.e., not carved or shaped artificially with tools (“wielded iron”).

[8:31]  ⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[10:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day the Lord placed the Amorites before the sons of Israel and he said in the eyes of Israel.” It is uncertain whether the phrase “before the sons of Israel” modifies the verb “placed” (as in the present translation, “delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites”) or the verb “spoke” (“Joshua spoke to the Lord before the sons of Israel in the day the Lord delivered over the Amorites”).

[11:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua acted accordingly; he did not turn aside a thing from all which the Lord commanded Moses.”

[11:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “for from the Lord it was to harden their heart[s] to meet for the battle with Israel, in order to annihilate them, so that they would receive no mercy, in order annihilate them, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

[18:7]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

[18:7]  ¹⁶ tn Or “inheritance.”

[21:44]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “gave them rest all around.”

[21:44]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “according to all he swore to their fathers.”

[21:44]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “not a man stood from before them from all their enemies.”

[22:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”

[22:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “tents.”

[22:4]  ²¹ tn Heb “the land of your possession.”

[22:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, to love.”

[22:5]  ²² tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”

[22:5]  ²³ tn Or “keep.”

[22:5]  ²⁴ tn Heb “hug him.”

[22:5]  ²⁵ tn Or “soul.”

[22:23]  ²³ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23]  ²⁴ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23]  ²⁵ tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23]  ²⁶ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”

[22:27]  ²⁵ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ²⁶ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ²⁷ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ²⁸ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[23:16]  ²⁷ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

[23:16]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[23:16]  ²⁹ tn Or “perish.”

[24:14]  ²⁹ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

[24:14]  ³⁰ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ³¹ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ³² tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ³³ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ³⁴ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ³⁵ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:31]  ³¹ tn Or “served.”

[24:31]  ³² tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

[24:31]  ³³ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”