Joshua 10:8
Context10:8 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. 1 Not one of them can resist you.” 2
Joshua 8:1
Context8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 3 Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! 4 See, I am handing over to you 5 the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.
Joshua 11:6
Context11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn 6 their chariots.”


[10:8] 1 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] 2 tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”
[8:1] 3 tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”
[8:1] 4 tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”
[8:1] 5 tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.
[11:6] 5 tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.