Joshua 1:5

1:5 No one will be able to resist you ¹  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.

Joshua 1:18

1:18 Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. ²  But ³  be strong and brave!”

Joshua 2:7

2:7 Meanwhile ⁴  the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River ⁵  near the fords. ⁶  The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them. ⁷ 

Joshua 2:23

2:23 Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, ⁸  came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

Joshua 6:3

6:3 Have all the warriors march around the city one time; ⁹  do this for six days.

Joshua 6:21

6:21 They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, ¹⁰  including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Joshua 8:3

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ¹¹  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

Joshua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ¹²  and Ai.

Joshua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ¹³  they all went out after Israel. ¹⁴  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

Joshua 9:6-7

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. ¹⁵  So how can we make a treaty with you?”

Joshua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified ¹⁶  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Joshua 10:8

10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. ¹⁷  Not one of them can resist you.” ¹⁸ 

Joshua 10:14

10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed ¹⁹  a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Joshua 10:21

10:21 Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. ²⁰  No one ²¹  dared threaten the Israelites. ²² 

Joshua 18:4

18:4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. ²³ 

Joshua 23:9-10

23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you ²⁴  to this very day. 23:10 One of you makes a thousand run away, ²⁵  for the Lord your God fights for you ²⁶  as he promised you he would. ²⁷ 

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

[1:18]  ² tn Heb “any man who rebels against your mouth and does not listen to your words, to all which you command us, will be put to death.”

[1:18]  ³ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 17 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).

[2:7]  ³ tn Another way to translate vv. 6-7 would be, “While she took them up to the roof and hid them…, the king’s men tried to find them….” Both of the main clauses have the subject prior to the predicate, perhaps indicating simultaneous action. (On the grammatical point, see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 42, §235.) In this case Rahab moves the Israelite spies from the hiding place referred to in v. 4 to a safer and less accessible hiding place.

[2:7]  ⁴ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “And the men chased after them [on] the road [leading to] the Jordan to the fords.” The text is written from the perspective of the king’s men. As far as they were concerned, they were chasing the spies.

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “And they shut the gate after – as soon as the ones chasing after them went out.” The expressions “after” and “as soon as” may represent a conflation of alternate readings.

[2:23]  ⁴ tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, are added for clarification.

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and go around the city, all [you] men of war, encircling the city one time.” The Hebrew verb וְסַבֹּתֶם (vÿsabbotem, “and go around”) is plural, being addressed to the whole army.

[6:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “all which was in the city.”

[8:3]  ⁷ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[8:12]  ⁸ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:17]  ⁹ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

[9:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in our midst.”

[10:2]  ¹¹ tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

[10:8]  ¹² tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

[10:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”

[10:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “listened to the voice of.”

[10:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua [at] Makkedah [in] peace.”

[10:21]  ¹⁵ tc Heb “No man.” The lamed (ל) prefixed to אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) is probably dittographic (note the immediately preceding יִשְׂרָאֵל [isra’el] which ends in lamed, ל); cf. the LXX.

[10:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “no man sharpened [or perhaps, “pointed”] his tongue against the sons of Israel.” Cf. NEB “not a man of the Israelites suffered so much as a scratch on his tongue,” which understands “sharpened” as “scratched” (referring to a minor wound). Most modern translations understand the Hebrew expression “sharpened his tongue” figuratively for opposition or threats against the Israelites.

[18:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.”

[23:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”

[23:10]  ¹⁷ tn Or “chases a thousand.”

[23:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

[23:10]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “as he said to you.”