Yosua 4:4

4:4 Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

Yosua 5:9

5:9 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away ¹  the disgrace ²  of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal ³  even to this day.

Yosua 8:34

8:34 Then ⁴  Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.

Yosua 9:22

9:22 ⁵ Joshua summoned the Gibeonites ⁶  and said to them, “Why did you trick ⁷  us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? ⁸ 

Yosua 21:9

21:9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

Yosua 22:34

22:34 The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, “Surely it is a Reminder to us ⁹  that the Lord is God.”

Yosua 23:2

23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

Yosua 24:1

Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord

24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

Yosua 24:9

24:9 Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack ¹⁰  against Israel. He summoned ¹¹  Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment ¹²  on you.

[5:9]  ¹ tn Heb “rolled away.”

[5:9]  ² sn One might take the disgrace of Egypt as a reference to their uncircumcised condition (see Gen 34:14), but the generation that left Egypt was circumcised (see v. 5). It more likely refers to the disgrace they experienced in Egyptian slavery. When this new generation reached the promised land and renewed their covenantal commitment to the Lord by submitting to the rite of circumcision, the Lord’s deliverance of his people from slavery, which had begun with the plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, reached its climax. See T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 59.

[5:9]  ³ sn The name Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew verb “roll away” (גַּלַל, galal).

[8:34]  ⁴ tn Or “afterward.”

[9:22]  ⁵ sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

[9:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “them.”

[9:22]  ⁷ tn Or “deceive.”

[9:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “live in our midst?”

[22:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “a witness between us.”

[24:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “arose and fought.”

[24:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sent and called.”

[24:9]  ¹² tn Or “to curse.”