Yosua 2:12

2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. ¹  Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. ²  Give me a solemn pledge ³ 

Yosua 6:17

6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, ⁴  except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies ⁵  we sent.

Yosua 10:6

10:6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon ⁶  your subjects! ⁷  Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” ⁸ 

Yosua 10:37

10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they ⁹  left no survivors. As they ¹⁰  had done at Eglon, they ¹¹  annihilated it and all who lived there.

Yosua 10:40

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ¹²  the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Yosua 13:6

13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ¹³  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ¹⁴ 

Yosua 18:7

18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. ¹⁵  Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land ¹⁶  east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”

Yosua 24:14

24:14 Now ¹⁷  obey ¹⁸  the Lord and worship ¹⁹  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ²⁰  worshiped ²¹  beyond the Euphrates ²²  and in Egypt and worship ²³  the Lord.

[2:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the Lord.”

[2:12]  sn To swear an oath in the Lord’s name would make the Lord the witness and guarantor of the promise attached to the oath. If the person making the oath should go back on the promise, the Lord would judge him for breaking the contract.

[2:12]  ² tn Heb “with the house of my father.”

[2:12]  ³ tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”

[6:17]  ⁴ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

[6:17]  sn To make the city set apart for the Lord would involve annihilating all the people and animals and placing its riches in the Lord’s treasury (vv. 19, 21, 24).

[6:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “messengers.”

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

[10:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “your servants!”

[10:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “have gathered against us.”

[10:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:37]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:40]  ¹² tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[13:6]  ¹³ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

[13:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

[18:7]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

[18:7]  ¹⁶ tn Or “inheritance.”

[24:14]  ¹⁷ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

[24:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “fear.”

[24:14]  ¹⁹ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[24:14]  ²¹ tn Or “served.”

[24:14]  ²² tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

[24:14]  ²³ tn Or “and serve.”