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 6:6

6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”

Yosua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁴  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ⁵  See, I am handing over to you ⁶  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Yosua 11:21

11:21 At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country ⁷  – from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel. ⁸  Joshua annihilated them and their cities.

Yosua 12:3

12:3 His kingdom included ⁹  the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth ¹⁰  to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), ¹¹  including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

Yosua 17:9

17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, ¹²  but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.

Yosua 18:4

18:4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. ¹³ 

Yosua 21:27

21:27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: ¹⁴  from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities;

Yosua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ¹⁵  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ¹⁶  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ¹⁷  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹⁸ 

Yosua 22:31

22:31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ¹⁹  “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. ²⁰  Now ²¹  you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.” ²² 

[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.”

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[11:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “went and cut off the Anakites from the hill country.”

[11:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “and from all the hill country of Israel.”

[12:3]  ⁹ tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:3]  ¹⁰ sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

[12:3]  ¹¹ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

[17:9]  ¹² tn Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”

[18:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.”

[21:27]  ¹⁴ tn The words “they assigned” and “the following cities” are supplied for clarification (also in v. 34).

[22:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ¹⁷ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:31]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:31]  ²⁰ tn Heb “because you were not unfaithful with this unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

[22:31]  ²¹ tn On the use of אָז in a logical sense, see Waltke-O’Connor, Hebrew Syntax, 667.

[22:31]  ²² tn Heb “the hand (i.e., power) of the Lord.”