Joshua 7:8

7:8 If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated ¹  before its enemies?

Joshua 7:12

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ²  I will no longer be with you, ³  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ⁴ 

Joshua 21:44

21:44 The Lord made them secure, ⁵  in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. ⁶  None of their enemies could resist them. ⁷ 

Joshua 10:19

10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! ⁸  Don’t allow them to retreat to ⁹  their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” ¹⁰ 

Joshua 23:1

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time ¹¹  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, ¹²  and Joshua was very old. ¹³ 

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, ¹⁴  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” ¹⁵ 

Joshua 10:13

10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. ¹⁶  The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. ¹⁷ 

Joshua 10:25

10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁸  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Joshua 22:8

22:8 saying, “Take home ¹⁹  great wealth, a lot of cattle, ²⁰  silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of ²¹  clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “turned [the] back.”

[7:12]  ² tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

[7:12]  ³ tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

[7:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[21:44]  ³ tn Heb “gave them rest all around.”

[21:44]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to all he swore to their fathers.”

[21:44]  ⁵ tn Heb “not a man stood from before them from all their enemies.”

[10:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”

[10:19]  ⁵ tn Or “enter into.”

[10:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.

[23:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “many days.”

[23:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

[23:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

[7:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

[7:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[10:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.

[10:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”

[10:25]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[22:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “return to your tents with.”

[22:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “very many cattle.”

[22:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “very much clothing.”