Joshua 6:21

6:21 They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, ¹  including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Joshua 8:10

8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered ²  the army, ³  and he and the leaders ⁴  of Israel marched ⁵  at the head of it ⁶  to Ai.

Joshua 23:1-2

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time ⁷  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, ⁸  and Joshua was very old. ⁹  23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

Joshua 24:1

Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord

24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

Joshua 7:6

7:6 Joshua tore his clothes; ¹⁰  he and the leaders ¹¹  of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening ¹²  and threw dirt on their heads. ¹³ 

Joshua 9:11

9:11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them, “We are willing to be your subjects. ¹⁴  Make a treaty with us.”’

Joshua 20:4

20:4 The one who committed manslaughter ¹⁵  should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. ¹⁶  They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there. ¹⁷ 

Joshua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ¹⁸  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ¹⁹  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ²⁰ 

Joshua 8:33

8:33 All the people, ²¹  rulers, ²²  leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. ²³  Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. ²⁴ 

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “all which was in the city.”

[8:10]  ² tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

[8:10]  ³ tn Heb “the people.”

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Or “elders.”

[8:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “went up.”

[8:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used “army” in the previous clause, a singular pronoun (“it”) is required in English.

[23:1]  ³ tn Heb “many days.”

[23:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

[23:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

[7:6]  ⁴ sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).

[7:6]  ⁵ tn Or “elders.”

[7:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and fell on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel.”

[7:6]  ⁷ sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).

[9:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “your servants.”

[20:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”

[20:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”

[24:31]  ⁷ tn Or “served.”

[24:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

[24:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”

[8:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “All Israel.”

[8:33]  ⁹ tn Or “elders.”

[8:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like the resident alien, like the citizen.” The language is idiomatic, meaning that both groups were treated the same, at least in this instance.

[8:33]  ¹¹ tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”