Yosua 3:4

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ¹  Keep your distance ²  so you can see ³  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

Yosua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ⁴  and Ai.

Yosua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified ⁵  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Yosua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from ⁶  Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, ⁷  all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Yosua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ⁸  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ⁹  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ¹⁰ 

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

[3:4]  sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.

[3:4]  ² tn Heb “do not approach it.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “know.”

[8:12]  ⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[10:2]  ⁵ tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

[10:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “on the descent of.”

[10:11]  ⁷ tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[24:31]  ⁸ tn Or “served.”

[24:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

[24:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”