Joshua 3:7

3:7 The Lord told Joshua, “This very day I will begin to honor you before all Israel ¹  so they will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

Joshua 4:9

4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ²  in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

Joshua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared ³  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ⁴  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ⁵  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ⁶ 

Joshua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ⁷  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.) ⁸ 

Joshua 14:14

14:14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day ⁹  because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel.

Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ¹¹ 

Joshua 22:22

22:22 “El, God, the Lord! ¹²  El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! ¹³  Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, ¹⁴  don’t spare us ¹⁵  today!

Joshua 22:29

22:29 Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord by turning back today from following after the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace ¹⁶  aside from the altar of the Lord our God located in front of his dwelling place!” ¹⁷ 

[3:7]  ¹ tn Or more literally, “to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel.”

[4:9]  ² tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

[6:25]  ³ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ⁴ tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ⁵ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

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

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

[14:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance to this day.”

[15:63]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:63]  ⁷ sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

[22:22]  ⁷ sn Israel’s God is here identified with three names: (1) אֵל (’el), “El” (or “God”); (2) אֱלֹהִים (’elohim), “Elohim” (or “God”), and (3) יְהוָה (yÿhvah), “Yahweh” (or “the Lord”). The name אֵל (’el, “El”) is often compounded with titles, for example, El Elyon, “God Most High.”

[22:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “he knows.”

[22:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “if in rebellion or if in unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

[22:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “do not save us.” The verb form is singular, being addressed to either collective Israel or the Lord himself. The LXX translates in the third person.

[22:29]  ⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:29]  ⁹ sn The Lord’s dwelling place here refers to the tabernacle.