Joshua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, ¹  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea ²  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. ³ 

Joshua 23:3

23:3 You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the Lord your God fights for you. ⁴ 

Joshua 23:12-13

23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with ⁵  these nations that remain near you, ⁶  and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, ⁷  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; ⁸  they will be a whip that tears ⁹  your sides and thorns that blind ¹⁰  your eyes until you disappear ¹¹  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

[23:4]  ¹ tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

[23:4]  ² tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[23:4]  ³ tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.

[23:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

[23:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and hug.”

[23:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

[23:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

[23:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in.”

[23:13]  ¹² tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

[23:13]  ¹³ tn Or “perish.”