Joshua 4:9

4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ¹  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 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ²  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ³  See, I am handing over to you ⁴  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 11:17

11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them. ⁵ 

[4:9]  ¹ 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.

[8:1]  ² tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[11:17]  ³ tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”