Joshua 3:5

3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”

Joshua 4:6

4:6 The stones ¹  will be a reminder to you. ²  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Joshua 4:21

4:21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’ ³ 

Joshua 22:18

22:18 Now today you dare to turn back ⁴  from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against ⁵  the entire community of Israel.

Joshua 22:24

22:24 We swear we have done this because we were worried that ⁶  in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel? ⁷ 

Joshua 7:13

7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, ⁸  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” ⁹ 

Joshua 11:6

11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn ¹⁰  their chariots.”

Joshua 22:27-28

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ¹¹  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ¹²  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ¹³  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹⁴  22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing ¹⁵  to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors ¹⁶  made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’ ¹⁷ 

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

[4:21]  ¹ tn Heb “What are these stones?”

[22:18]  ¹ tn Heb “you are turning back.”

[22:18]  ² tn Or “he will be angry with.”

[22:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Surely, from worry concerning a matter we have done this, saying.”

[22:24]  ² tn Heb “What is there to you and to the Lord God of Israel?” The rhetorical question is sarcastic in tone and anticipates a response, “Absolutely none!”

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

[7:13]  ² tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[11:6]  ¹ tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[22:27]  ¹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ² tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ³ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:28]  ¹ tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[22:28]  ² tn Heb “fathers.”

[22:28]  ³ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”