Joshua 23:7

Context
23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near¹ you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods!² You must not worship³ or bow down to them!

Joshua 10:27

Context
10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees.⁴ 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.)⁵

[23:7] ¹tn Heb “with.”

[23:7] ²tn 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] ³tn Or “serve.”

[10:27] ⁴sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27] ⁵tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.