Joshua 22:20

22:20 When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city’s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, ¹  though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!’” ² 

Joshua 15:18

15:18 One time Acsah ³  came and charmed her father ⁴  so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

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 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ⁵  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ⁶  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ⁷  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ⁸ 

Joshua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ⁹  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) ¹⁰ 

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ¹¹  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ¹²  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ¹³  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

Joshua 23:13

23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ¹⁴  they will be a whip that tears ¹⁵  your sides and thorns that blind ¹⁶  your eyes until you disappear ¹⁷  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

Joshua 23:15

23:15 But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, ¹⁸  it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment ¹⁹  until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you.

[22:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Is it not [true that] Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord] and against all the assembly of Israel there was anger?”

[22:20]  ² tn The second half of the verse reads literally, “and he [was] one man, he did not die for his sin.” There are at least two possible ways to explain this statement: (1) One might interpret the statement to mean that Achan was not the only person who died for his sin. In this case it could be translated, “and he was not the only one to die because of his sin.” (2) Another option, the one reflected in the translation, is to take the words וְהוּא אִישׁ אֶחָד (vÿhu’ ’ish ’ekhad, “and he [was] one man”) as a concessive clause and join it with what precedes. The remaining words (לֹא גָוַע בַּעֲוֹנוֹ, lo’ gava’ ba’avono) must then be taken as a rhetorical question (“Did he not die for his sin?”). Taking the last sentence as interrogative is consistent with the first part of the verse, a rhetorical question introduced with the interrogative particle. The present translation has converted these rhetorical questions into affirmative statements to bring out more clearly the points they are emphasizing. For further discussion, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 240.

[15:18]  ³ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Acsah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “him.” The referent of the pronoun could be Othniel, in which case the translation would be, “she incited him [Othniel] to ask her father for a field.” This is problematic, however, for Acsah, not Othniel, makes the request in v. 19. The LXX has “he [Othniel] urged her to ask her father for a field.” This appears to be an attempt to reconcile the apparent inconsistency and probably does not reflect the original text. If Caleb is understood as the referent of the pronoun, the problem disappears. For a fuller discussion of the issue, see P. G. Mosca, “Who Seduced Whom? A Note on Joshua 15:18//Judges 1:14,” CBQ 46 (1984): 18-22. This incident is also recorded in Judg 1:14.

[7:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ⁶ tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).

[7:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

[10:27]  ⁷ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[23:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

[23:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[23:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “perish.”

[23:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

[23:13]  ¹² tn Heb “in.”

[23:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

[23:13]  ¹⁴ tn Or “perish.”

[23:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “and it will be as every good word which the Lord your God spoke to you has come to pass.”

[23:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “so the Lord will bring every injurious [or “evil”] word [or “thing”] upon you.”