Joshua 1:2

1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ¹  Cross the Jordan River! ²  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ³ 

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. ⁴  You must help them

Joshua 3:4

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ⁵  Keep your distance ⁶  so you can see ⁷  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

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 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ⁸  It piled up far upstream ⁹  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ¹⁰  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ¹¹ 

Joshua 4:3

4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ¹²  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Joshua 4:5

4:5 Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

Joshua 4:7-8

4:7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing ¹³  before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. ¹⁴  These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

4:8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.

Joshua 4:10

4:10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

Joshua 6:8

6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, ¹⁵  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 7:11

7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! ¹⁶  They have taken some of the riches; ¹⁷  they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. ¹⁸ 

Joshua 7:15

7:15 The one caught with the riches ¹⁹  must be burned up ²⁰  along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

Joshua 15:7

15:7 It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal (which is opposite the Pass ²¹  of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel.

Joshua 18:13

18:13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), ²²  and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.

Joshua 18:19

18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea ²³  at the mouth of the Jordan River. ²⁴  This was the southern border.

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ²⁵  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ²⁶  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ²⁷  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

Joshua 24:11

24:11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. ²⁸  The leaders ²⁹  of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.

Joshua 24:17

24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery ³⁰  in the land of Egypt ³¹  and performed these awesome miracles ³²  before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations. ³³ 

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Get up!”

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

[1:2]  ³ 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.”

[1:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “But you must cross over armed for battle before your brothers, all [you] mighty men of strength.”

[3:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

[3:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “do not approach it.”

[3:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “know.”

[3:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

[3:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

[3:16]  ¹² tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

[3:16]  ¹³ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[4:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

[4:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “were cut off from before.”

[4:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”

[6:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”

[7:11]  ²² tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

[7:11]  ²³ tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”

[7:15]  ²⁵ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:15]  ²⁶ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

[15:7]  ²⁸ tn Or “ascent.”

[18:13]  ³¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[18:19]  ³⁴ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

[18:19]  ³⁵ tn Heb “to the tongue of the Salt Sea to the north, to the end of the Jordan to the south.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).

[23:16]  ³⁷ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

[23:16]  ³⁸ tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[23:16]  ³⁹ tn Or “perish.”

[24:11]  ⁴⁰ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[24:11]  ⁴¹ tn Or perhaps, “citizens.”

[24:17]  ⁴³ tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”

[24:17]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “for the Lord our God, he is the one who brought up us and our fathers from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.”

[24:17]  ⁴⁵ tn Or “great signs.”

[24:17]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”