Yosua 2:16

2:16 She told them, “Head ¹  to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. ²  Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you ³  to return. Then you can be on your way.”

Yosua 2:18

2:18 When we invade the land ⁴ , tie this red rope ⁵  in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house. ⁶ 

Yosua 4:18

4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, ⁷  the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. ⁸ 

Yosua 7:3

7:3 They returned and reported to Joshua, ⁹  “Don’t send the whole army. ¹⁰  About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. ¹¹  Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.” ¹² 

Yosua 22:25

22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹³  In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying ¹⁴  the Lord.

Yosua 24:13

24:13 I gave you a land in ¹⁵  which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of ¹⁶  vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Go.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “so that the pursuers might not meet you.”

[2:16]  ³ tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“you”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the cord of this red thread.”

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”

[4:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”

[4:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”

[4:18]  sn Verses 15-18 give a more detailed account of the priests’ crossing that had been briefly described in v. 11.

[7:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they returned to Joshua and said to him.”

[7:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Don’t let all the people go up.”

[7:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Let about two thousand men or about three thousand men go up to defeat Ai.”

[7:3]  ¹² tn Heb “all the people for they are small.”

[22:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:25]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fearing.”

[24:13]  ¹⁵ tn Or perhaps, “for.”

[24:13]  ¹⁶ tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.