Yosua 2:18

2:18 When we invade the land ¹ , tie this red rope ²  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. ³ 

Yosua 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ⁴  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ⁵  and walk ⁶  behind it.

Yosua 4:3

4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ⁷  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Yosua 6:4

6:4 Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns ⁸  in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

Yosua 6:8

6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, ⁹  the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.

Yosua 6:13

6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.

Yosua 7:11

7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! ¹⁰  They have taken some of the riches; ¹¹  they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. ¹² 

Yosua 8:13

8:13 The army was in position – the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into ¹³  the middle of the valley.

Yosua 9:4

9:4 they did something clever. They collected some provisions ¹⁴  and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

Yosua 10:35

10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they ¹⁵  annihilated it just as they ¹⁶  had done to Lachish.

Yosua 11:2-3

11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in ¹⁷  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, ¹⁸  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west. 11:3 Canaanites came ¹⁹  from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area ²⁰  of Mizpah.

Yosua 13:3

13:3 from the Shihor River ²¹  east of ²²  Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), ²³  including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land ²⁴ 

Yosua 13:5

13:5 the territory of Byblos ²⁵  and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ²⁶ 

Yosua 15:3

15:3 extended ²⁷  south of the Scorpion Ascent, ²⁸  crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka.

Yosua 15:11

15:11 It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.

Yosua 16:6

16:6 It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah.

Yosua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ²⁹  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

Yosua 18:6

18:6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Yosua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ³⁰  of Judah. This is the western border. ³¹ 

Yosua 19:29

19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, ³²  turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

Yosua 22:8

22:8 saying, “Take home ³³  great wealth, a lot of cattle, ³⁴  silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of ³⁵  clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”

Yosua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ³⁶  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ³⁷  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ³⁸  tokens of peace ³⁹  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ⁴⁰ 

Yosua 23:5

23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, ⁴¹  so you can occupy ⁴²  their land as the Lord your God promised ⁴³  you.

[2:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”

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

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”

[3:3]  ⁴ sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

[3:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “set out from your place.”

[3:3]  ⁶ tn Or “march.”

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

[6:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “rams’ horns, trumpets.”

[6:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”

[7:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

[7:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:11]  ¹² tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”

[8:13]  ¹³ tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”

[9:4]  ¹⁴ tc Heb “and they went and [?].” The root and meaning of the verb form יִצְטַיָּרוּ (yitstayyaru) are uncertain. The form is most likely a corruption of יִצְטַיָּדוּ (yitstayyadu), read by some Hebrew mss and ancient versions, from the root צוּד (tsud, “take provisions,” BDB 845 s.v. II צוד) which also occurs in v. 11. Note NRSV “they went and prepared provisions”; cf. NEB “They went and disguised themselves”; NIV “they went as a delegation.”

[10:35]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[10:35]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

[11:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”

[11:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).

[11:2]  sn Kinnereth was a city in Galilee located near the Sea of Galilee (Deut 3:17). The surrounding region also became known by this name (1 Kgs 15:20; cf. Matt 14:34), and eventually even the lake itself (Josh 12:3; cf. Luke 5:1).

[11:3]  ¹⁹ tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).

[11:3]  ²⁰ tn Or “land.”

[13:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[13:3]  ²² tn Heb “in front of.”

[13:3]  ²³ tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”

[13:3]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”

[13:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”

[13:5]  ²⁶ tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”

[15:3]  ²⁷ tn Heb “went out.”

[15:3]  ²⁸ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[17:17]  ²⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[18:14]  ³⁰ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:14]  ³¹ tn Or “side.”

[19:29]  ³² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[22:8]  ³³ tn Heb “return to your tents with.”

[22:8]  ³⁴ tn Heb “very many cattle.”

[22:8]  ³⁵ tn Heb “very much clothing.”

[22:23]  ³⁶ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23]  ³⁷ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23]  ³⁸ tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23]  ³⁹ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”

[23:5]  ⁴¹ tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

[23:5]  ⁴² tn Or “take possession of.”

[23:5]  ⁴³ tn Heb “said to.”