Joshua 9:26

9:26 Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them ¹ 

Joshua 11:22

11:22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Joshua 17:13

17:13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. ² 

Joshua 18:2

18:2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. ³ 

Joshua 24:10

24:10 I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept ⁴  prophesying good things about ⁵  you, and I rescued you from his power. ⁶ 

Joshua 24:21

24:21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will ⁷  worship ⁸  the Lord!”

[9:26]  ¹ tn Heb “And he did to them so and he rescued them from the hand of the sons of Israel and they did not kill them.”

[17:13]  ² sn On the Israelites’ failure to conquer the Canaanites completely, see Judg 1:27-28.

[18:2]  ³ tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”

[24:10]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute follows the finite verb in the Hebrew text and indicates continuation or repetition of the action. Balaam pronounced several oracles of blessing over Israel (see Num 23-24).

[24:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “blessing.” Balaam’s “blessings” were actually prophecies of how God would prosper Israel.

[24:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “hand.”

[24:21]  ⁵ tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”

[24:21]  ⁶ tn Or “will serve.”