Joshua 16:10

16:10 The Ephraimites ¹  did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Joshua 23:7

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near ²  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! ³  You must not worship ⁴  or bow down to them!

Joshua 24:18

24:18 The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship ⁵  the Lord, for he is our God!”

Joshua 24:20

24:20 If ⁶  you abandon the Lord and worship ⁷  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ⁸  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ⁹  though he once treated you well.” ¹⁰ 

Joshua 24:22

24:22 Joshua said to the people, “Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?” ¹¹  They replied, “We are witnesses!” ¹² 

[16:10]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “with.”

[23:7]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Or “serve.”

[24:18]  ³ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:20]  ⁴ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ⁵ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ⁶ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “after he did good for you.”

[24:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord to serve him.”

[24:22]  ⁶ sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment.