Joshua 6:13

6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.

Joshua 6:20

6:20 The rams’ horns sounded ¹  and when the army ²  heard the signal, ³  they gave a loud battle cry. ⁴  The wall collapsed ⁵  and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it. ⁶ 

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, ⁷  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” ⁸ 

Joshua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ⁹  But he did not realize ¹⁰  men were hiding behind the city. ¹¹ 

Joshua 15:8

15:8 It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), ¹²  going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

Joshua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ¹³  of Judah. This is the western border. ¹⁴ 

Joshua 20:9

20:9 These were the cities of refuge ¹⁵  appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by ¹⁶  the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. ¹⁷ 

Joshua 22:5

22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love ¹⁸  the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, ¹⁹  obey ²⁰  his commands, be loyal to him, ²¹  and serve him with all your heart and being!” ²² 

Joshua 23:13

23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ²³  they will be a whip that tears ²⁴  your sides and thorns that blind ²⁵  your eyes until you disappear ²⁶  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

Joshua 24:7

24:7 Your fathers ²⁷  cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, ²⁸  and then drowned them in the sea. ²⁹  You witnessed with your very own eyes ³⁰  what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. ³¹ 

[6:20]  ¹ tc Heb “and the people shouted and they blew the rams’ horns.” The initial statement (“and the people shouted”) seems premature, since the verse goes on to explain that the battle cry followed the blowing of the horns. The statement has probably been accidentally duplicated from what follows. It is omitted in the LXX.

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “the sound of the horn.”

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “they shouted with a loud shout.”

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “fell in its place.”

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the people went up into the city, each one straight ahead, and they captured the city.”

[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.”

[8:14]  ¹ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

[8:14]  ² tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ³ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[15:8]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:14]  ¹ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:14]  ² tn Or “side.”

[20:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.

[20:9]  ² tn Heb “and not die by the hand of.”

[20:9]  ³ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.

[22:5]  ¹ tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, to love.”

[22:5]  ² tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”

[22:5]  ³ tn Or “keep.”

[22:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “hug him.”

[22:5]  ⁵ tn Or “soul.”

[23:13]  ¹ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

[23:13]  ² tn Heb “in.”

[23:13]  ³ tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

[23:13]  ⁴ tn Or “perish.”

[24:7]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).

[24:7]  ² tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”

[24:7]  ³ tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “your eyes saw.”

[24:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “many days.”