Yosua 10:6

10:6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon ¹  your subjects! ²  Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” ³ 

Yosua 10:24

10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he ⁴  summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here ⁵  and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up ⁶  and put their feet on their necks.

Yosua 10:28

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. ⁷ 

Yosua 20:9

20:9 These were the cities of refuge ⁸  appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by ⁹  the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. ¹⁰ 

Yosua 24:27

24:27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. ¹¹  It will be a witness against you if ¹²  you deny your God.”

[10:6]  ¹ tn Heb “do not let your hand drop from us.”

[10:6]  ² tn Heb “your servants!”

[10:6]  ³ tn Heb “have gathered against us.”

[10:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

[10:24]  ⁵ tn Or “Draw near.”

[10:24]  ⁶ tn Or “drew near.”

[10:28]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[20:9]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.

[20:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “and not die by the hand of.”

[20:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.

[24:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”

[24:27]  ¹² tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”