Joshua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared ¹  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ²  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ³  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ⁴ 

Joshua 7:26

7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day ⁵ ) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

Joshua 8:35

8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given ⁶  before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. ⁷ 

Joshua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ⁸  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.) ⁹ 

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they ¹⁰  captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 11:23

11:23 Joshua conquered ¹¹  the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses, ¹²  and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. ¹³  Then the land was free of war.

Joshua 15:19

15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present. ¹⁴  Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹⁵  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ¹⁶ 

Joshua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country ¹⁷  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ¹⁸  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

Joshua 19:51

19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders ¹⁹  made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ²⁰  So they finished dividing up the land.

Joshua 20:9

20:9 These were the cities of refuge ²¹  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 ²²  the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. ²³ 

Joshua 21:16

21:16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes.

Joshua 22:8

22:8 saying, “Take home ²⁴  great wealth, a lot of cattle, ²⁵  silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of ²⁶  clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”

Joshua 22:20

22:20 When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city’s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, ²⁷  though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!’” ²⁸ 

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 ²⁹  aside from the altar of the Lord our God located in front of his dwelling place!” ³⁰ 

Joshua 23:16

23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ³¹  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ³²  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ³³  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

[6:25]  ¹ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ² tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ³ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:26]  ⁵ tc Heb “to this day.” The phrase “to this day” is omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition.

[8:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”

[8:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “walked in their midst.”

[10:27]  ¹³ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:32]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[11:23]  ²¹ tn Heb “took.”

[11:23]  ²² tn Heb “according to all which the Lord said to Moses.” The translation assumes this refers to the promise of the land (see 1:3). Another possibility is that it refers to the Lord’s instructions, in which case the phrase could be translated, “just as the Lord had instructed Moses” (so NLT; cf. also NIV “had directed Moses”).

[11:23]  ²³ tn Heb “and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotted portions by their tribes.”

[15:19]  ²⁵ tn Elsewhere this Hebrew word (בְּרָכָה, bÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).

[15:63]  ²⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:63]  ³⁰ 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).

[17:18]  ³³ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

[17:18]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”

[19:51]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”

[19:51]  ³⁸ tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”

[20:9]  ⁴¹ tn The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.

[20:9]  ⁴² tn Heb “and not die by the hand of.”

[20:9]  ⁴³ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.

[22:8]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “return to your tents with.”

[22:8]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “very many cattle.”

[22:8]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “very much clothing.”

[22:20]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “Is it not [true that] Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord] and against all the assembly of Israel there was anger?”

[22:20]  ⁵⁰ tn The second half of the verse reads literally, “and he [was] one man, he did not die for his sin.” There are at least two possible ways to explain this statement: (1) One might interpret the statement to mean that Achan was not the only person who died for his sin. In this case it could be translated, “and he was not the only one to die because of his sin.” (2) Another option, the one reflected in the translation, is to take the words וְהוּא אִישׁ אֶחָד (vÿhu’ ’ish ’ekhad, “and he [was] one man”) as a concessive clause and join it with what precedes. The remaining words (לֹא גָוַע בַּעֲוֹנוֹ, lo’ gava’ ba’avono) must then be taken as a rhetorical question (“Did he not die for his sin?”). Taking the last sentence as interrogative is consistent with the first part of the verse, a rhetorical question introduced with the interrogative particle. The present translation has converted these rhetorical questions into affirmative statements to bring out more clearly the points they are emphasizing. For further discussion, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 240.

[22:29]  ⁵³ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:29]  ⁵⁴ sn The Lord’s dwelling place here refers to the tabernacle.

[23:16]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

[23:16]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[23:16]  ⁵⁹ tn Or “perish.”