Yosua 3:5

3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”

Yosua 4:2

4:2 “Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Yosua 6:7

6:7 And he told ¹  the army, ²  “Move ahead ³  and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

Yosua 7:4

7:4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

Yosua 24:16

24:16 The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can ⁴  worship ⁵  other gods!

Yosua 24:21

24:21 The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will ⁶  worship ⁷  the Lord!”

Yosua 24:24

24:24 The people said to Joshua, “We will worship ⁸  the Lord our God and obey him.” ⁹ 

[6:7]  ¹ tn An alternative reading is “and they said.” In this case the subject is indefinite and the verb should be translated as passive, “[the army] was told.”

[6:7]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[6:7]  ³ tn Heb “pass by.”

[24:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “to.”

[24:16]  ⁵ tn Or “can serve.”

[24:21]  ⁶ tn The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is emphatic. Another option is to take it as explanatory, “No, for we will….”

[24:21]  ⁷ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:24]  ⁸ tn Or “will serve.”

[24:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “and listen to his voice.”