Joshua 15:15-16
Context15:15 From there he attacked the people of Debir. 1 (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.) 15:16 Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.”
Joshua 18:9
Context18:9 The men journeyed 2 through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
Joshua 1:8
Context1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! 3 You must memorize it 4 day and night so you can carefully obey 5 all that is written in it. Then you will prosper 6 and be successful. 7
Joshua 10:13
Context10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. 8 The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. 9


[15:15] 1 tn Heb “he went up against the inhabitants of Debir.”
[18:9] 2 tn Heb “went and passed through.”
[1:8] 4 tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).
[1:8] 5 tn Heb “be careful to do.”
[1:8] 6 tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”
[1:8] 7 tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.
[10:13] 4 tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.
[10:13] 5 tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”