Joshua 7:10

7:10 The Lord responded ¹  to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? ² 

Joshua 5:14

5:14 He answered, ³  “Truly I am the commander of the Lord’s army. ⁴  Now I have arrived!” ⁵  Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground ⁶  and asked, “What does my master want to say to his servant?”

Joshua 7:6

7:6 Joshua tore his clothes; ⁷  he and the leaders ⁸  of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening ⁹  and threw dirt on their heads. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 15:2

15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, ¹¹ 

Joshua 19:46

19:46 the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa.

Joshua 18:18

18:18 It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah.

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 ¹²  of Judah. This is the western border. ¹³ 

Joshua 18:16

18:16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

Joshua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near ¹⁴  Jericho, ¹⁵  he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. ¹⁶  Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” ¹⁷ 

Joshua 7:9

7:9 When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us ¹⁸  from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?” ¹⁹ 

Joshua 8:11

8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. ²⁰  They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. ²¹ 

Joshua 18:17

18:17 It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass ²²  of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

Joshua 8:33

8:33 All the people, ²³  rulers, ²⁴  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. ²⁵  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. ²⁶ 

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. ²⁷  But he did not realize ²⁸  men were hiding behind the city. ²⁹ 

Joshua 15:7

15:7 It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal (which is opposite the Pass ³⁰  of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel.

Joshua 5:1

5:1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they ³¹  crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites. ³² 

[7:10]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

[5:14]  ³ tc Heb “He said, “Neither.” An alternative reading is לוֹ (lo, “[He said] to him”; cf. NEB). This reading is supported by many Hebrew mss, as well as the LXX and Syriac versions. The traditional reading of the MT (לֹא, lo’, “no, neither”) is probably the product of aural confusion (the two variant readings sound the same in Hebrew). Although followed by a number of modern translations (cf. NIV, NRSV), this reading is problematic, for the commander of the Lord’s army would hardly have declared himself neutral.

[5:14]  ⁴ sn The Lord’s heavenly army, like an earthly army, has a commander who leads the troops. For the phrase שַׂר־צְבָא (sar-tsÿva’, “army commander”) in the human sphere, see among many other references Gen 21:22, 32; 26:26; Judg 4:2, 7; 1 Sam 12:9.

[5:14]  ⁵ sn The commander’s appearance seems to be for Joshua’s encouragement. Joshua could now lead Israel into battle knowing that the Lord’s invisible army would ensure victory.

[5:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “Joshua fell on his face to the ground and bowed down.”

[7:6]  ⁵ sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).

[7:6]  ⁶ tn Or “elders.”

[7:6]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).

[15:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[18:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:14]  ¹⁰ tn Or “side.”

[5:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in.”

[5:13]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[5:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

[5:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

[7:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “and cut off our name.”

[7:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “What will you do for your great name?”

[8:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

[8:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

[18:17]  ¹⁷ tn Or “ascent.”

[8:33]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “All Israel.”

[8:33]  ²⁰ tn Or “elders.”

[8:33]  ²¹ 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]  ²² tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”

[8:14]  ²¹ 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]  ²² tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ²³ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[15:7]  ²³ tn Or “ascent.”

[5:1]  ²⁵ tc Another textual tradition has, “while we crossed.”

[5:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “their heart[s] melted and there was no longer in them breathe because of the sons of Israel.”