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 22:4

22:4 Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, ⁴  just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes ⁵  in your own land ⁶  which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.

[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.

[22:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”

[22:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “tents.”

[22:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “the land of your possession.”