Joshua 3:4

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ¹  Keep your distance ²  so you can see ³  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

Joshua 6:17

6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, ⁴  except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies ⁵  we sent.

Joshua 10:28

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. ⁶ 

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they ⁷  captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 10:39

10:39 They ⁸  captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they ⁹  left no survivors. They ¹⁰  did to Debir and its king what they ¹¹  had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron. ¹² 

Joshua 14:9

14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: ¹³  ‘Surely the land on which you walked ¹⁴  will belong to you and your descendants permanently, ¹⁵  for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’

Joshua 19:47

19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory, ¹⁶  so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it ¹⁷  Dan after their ancestor. ¹⁸ )

Joshua 19:50

19:50 As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

Joshua 22:33

22:33 The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. ¹⁹  They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived. ²⁰ 

Joshua 24:13

24:13 I gave you a land in ²¹  which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of ²²  vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

Joshua 24:17

24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery ²³  in the land of Egypt ²⁴  and performed these awesome miracles ²⁵  before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations. ²⁶ 

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

[3:4]  ² tn Heb “do not approach it.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “know.”

[6:17]  ⁴ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

[6:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “messengers.”

[10:28]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹³ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:39]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, and as he did to Libnah and its king.” The clauses have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “swore an oath.”

[14:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”

[14:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”

[19:47]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”

[19:47]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:47]  ²¹ tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”

[22:33]  ²² tn Heb “and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel blessed God.”

[22:33]  ²³ tn Heb “and they did not speak about going up against them for battle to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.”

[24:13]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps, “for.”

[24:13]  ²⁶ tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.

[24:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”

[24:17]  ²⁹ 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]  ³⁰ tn Or “great signs.”

[24:17]  ³¹ tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”