Joshua 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ¹  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ²  and walk ³  behind it.

Joshua 7:15

7:15 The one caught with the riches ⁴  must be burned up ⁵  along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

Joshua 7:25

7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster ⁶  on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) ⁷ 

Joshua 14:7

14:7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report. ⁸ 

Joshua 20:4

20:4 The one who committed manslaughter ⁹  should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. ¹⁰  They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there. ¹¹ 

Joshua 22:30

22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ¹²  they were satisfied. ¹³ 

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ¹⁴  obey ¹⁵  the Lord and worship ¹⁶  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ¹⁷  worshiped ¹⁸  beyond the Euphrates ¹⁹  and in Egypt and worship ²⁰  the Lord.

[3:3]  ¹ sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

[3:3]  ² tn Heb “set out from your place.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Or “march.”

[7:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

[7:25]  ⁷ tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

[7:25]  ⁸ tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

[14:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I brought back to him a word just as [was] in my heart.”

[20:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”

[20:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”

[22:30]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”

[24:14]  ¹⁹ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

[24:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ²¹ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ²² tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ²³ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ²⁵ tn Or “and serve.”