Joshua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ²  See, I am handing over to you ³  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 10:25

10:25 Then Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁴  Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

Joshua 11:6

11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn ⁵  their chariots.”

Joshua 22:25

22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ⁶  In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying ⁷  the Lord.

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ⁸  obey ⁹  the Lord and worship ¹⁰  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ¹¹  worshiped ¹²  beyond the Euphrates ¹³  and in Egypt and worship ¹⁴  the Lord.

[8:1]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ² tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[10:25]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[11:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[22:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fearing.”

[24:14]  ¹³ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

[24:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ¹⁵ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ¹⁷ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ¹⁹ tn Or “and serve.”