Yosua 14:12

14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. ¹  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer ²  them, as the Lord promised.”

Yosua 22:3

22:3 You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites ³  this entire time, ⁴  right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God. ⁵ 

Yosua 23:13

23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ⁶  they will be a whip that tears ⁷  your sides and thorns that blind ⁸  your eyes until you disappear ⁹  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

[14:12]  ¹ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

[14:12]  ² tn Or “will dispossess.”

[22:3]  ³ tn Heb “your brothers” (also in vv. 4, 7), but this does not refer to siblings or necessarily even to relatives. It refers to the Israelites of the remaining tribes.

[22:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “these many days.”

[22:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “you have kept the charge of the command of the Lord your God.”

[23:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

[23:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “in.”

[23:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

[23:13]  ⁹ tn Or “perish.”