Joshua 1:14

1:14 Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. ¹  You must help them

Joshua 3:6

3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Joshua 6:6

6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”

Joshua 8:6

8:6 They will attack ²  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.

Joshua 10:19

10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! ³  Don’t allow them to retreat to ⁴  their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” ⁵ 

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. ⁶ 

Joshua 22:33

22:33 The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. ⁷  They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived. ⁸ 

Joshua 23:7

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near ⁹  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! ¹⁰  You must not worship ¹¹  or bow down to them!

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ¹²  obey ¹³  the Lord and worship ¹⁴  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ¹⁵  worshiped ¹⁶  beyond the Euphrates ¹⁷  and in Egypt and worship ¹⁸  the Lord.

Joshua 24:27

24:27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. ¹⁹  It will be a witness against you if ²⁰  you deny your God.”

[1:14]  ¹ tn Heb “But you must cross over armed for battle before your brothers, all [you] mighty men of strength.”

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “come out after.”

[10:19]  ³ tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”

[10:19]  ⁴ tn Or “enter into.”

[10:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

[11:20]  ⁴ 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.”

[22:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel blessed God.”

[22:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they did not speak about going up against them for battle to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.”

[23:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “with.”

[23:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.

[23:7]  ⁸ tn Or “serve.”

[24:14]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ⁹ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ¹¹ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ¹² tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ¹³ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”

[24:27]  ⁹ tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”