Joshua 2:11

2:11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. ¹  For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!

Joshua 5:15

5:15 The commander of the Lord’s army answered Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.

Joshua 7:6

7:6 Joshua tore his clothes; ²  he and the leaders ³  of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening ⁴  and threw dirt on their heads. ⁵ 

Joshua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ⁶  But he did not realize ⁷  men were hiding behind the city. ⁸ 

Joshua 20:5

20:5 When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation. ⁹ 

Joshua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ¹⁰  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ¹¹  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ¹²  tokens of peace ¹³  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ¹⁴ 

Joshua 22:27-28

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ¹⁵  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ¹⁶  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ¹⁷  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹⁸  22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing ¹⁹  to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors ²⁰  made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’ ²¹ 

Joshua 24:17

24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery ²²  in the land of Egypt ²³  and performed these awesome miracles ²⁴  before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations. ²⁵ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Heb “And we heard and our heart[s] melted and there remained no longer breath in a man because of you.”

[7:6]  ² sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).

[7:6]  ³ tn Or “elders.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and fell on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel.”

[7:6]  ⁵ sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).

[8:14]  ³ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[20:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “for without knowledge he killed his neighbor, and he was not hating him prior to that.”

[22:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23]  ⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”

[22:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:28]  ⁷ tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[22:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

[22:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[24:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”

[24:17]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Or “great signs.”

[24:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”