Yosua 3:4

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ¹  Keep your distance ²  so you can see ³  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

Yosua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ⁴  and Ai.

Yosua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified ⁵  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Yosua 10:11

10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from ⁶  Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, ⁷  all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

Yosua 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ⁸  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ⁹  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ¹⁰ 

Yosua 3:2

3:2 After three days the leaders went through the camp

Yosua 3:14

3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ¹¹  ahead of them.

Yosua 4:12-13

4:12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them. 4:13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops ¹²  marched past the Lord to fight ¹³  on the plains of Jericho. ¹⁴ 

Yosua 7:4-5

7:4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai. 7:5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures ¹⁵  and defeated them on the steep slope. ¹⁶  The people’s ¹⁷  courage melted away like water. ¹⁸ 

Yosua 7:7

7:7 Joshua prayed, ¹⁹  “O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?

Yosua 7:21

7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, ²⁰  two hundred silver pieces, ²¹  and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”

Yosua 10:13

10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. ²²  The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. ²³ 

Yosua 13:27

13:27 It included the valley of Beth Haram, ²⁴  Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth. ²⁵ 

Yosua 14:15

14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite. ²⁶ ) Then the land was free of war.

Yosua 17:13

17:13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. ²⁷ 

Yosua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ²⁸  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

Yosua 19:47

19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory, ²⁹  so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it ³⁰  Dan after their ancestor. ³¹ )

Yosua 20:3

20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; ³²  these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

Yosua 20:5

20:5 When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation. ³³ 

Yosua 24:12

24:12 I sent terror ³⁴  ahead of you to drive out before you the two ³⁵  Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. ³⁶ 

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

[3:4]  sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.

[3:4]  ² tn Heb “do not approach it.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “know.”

[8:12]  ⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[10:2]  ⁵ tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

[10:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “on the descent of.”

[10:11]  ⁷ tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[24:31]  ⁸ tn Or “served.”

[24:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

[24:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”

[3:14]  ¹¹ tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

[4:13]  ¹² tn Heb “men equipped for battle.”

[4:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “for war.”

[4:13]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:5]  ¹⁵ tn The meaning and correct translation of the Hebrew word שְׁבָרִים (shÿvarim) is uncertain. The translation “fissures” is based on usage of the plural form of the noun in Ps 60:4 HT (60:2 ET), where it appears to refer to cracks in the earth caused by an earthquake. Perhaps deep ravines or gorges are in view, or the word is a proper noun (“all the way to Shebarim”).

[7:5]  ¹⁶ sn The precise geographical location of the Israelite defeat at this “steep slope” is uncertain.

[7:5]  ¹⁷ tn Or “army’s.”

[7:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the heart of the people melted and became water.”

[7:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “said.”

[7:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Shinar,” a reference to Babylon (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1). Many modern translations retain the Hebrew name “Shinar” (cf. NEB, NRSV) but some use the more familiar “Babylon” (cf. NIV, NLT).

[7:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “shekels.”

[10:13]  ²² tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.

[10:13]  sn The Scroll of the Upright One was apparently an ancient Israelite collection of songs and prayers (see also 2 Sam 1:18).

[10:13]  ²³ tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”

[13:27]  ²⁴ tn Or “it included in the valley, Beth Haram.”

[13:27]  ²⁵ sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

[14:15]  ²⁶ tn Heb “And he was the great man among the Anakites.”

[17:13]  ²⁷ sn On the Israelites’ failure to conquer the Canaanites completely, see Judg 1:27-28.

[17:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[19:47]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”

[19:47]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:47]  ³¹ tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”

[20:3]  ³² tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”

[20:5]  ³³ tn Heb “for without knowledge he killed his neighbor, and he was not hating him prior to that.”

[24:12]  ³⁴ tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).

[24:12]  ³⁵ tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).

[24:12]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.