Yosua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near ¹  Jericho, ²  he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. ³  Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” ⁴ 

Yosua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ⁵  But he did not realize ⁶  men were hiding behind the city. ⁷ 

Yosua 9:6

9:6 They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

Yosua 10:40

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ⁸  the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Yosua 12:1

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land ⁹  on the east side of the Jordan, ¹⁰  from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Yosua 17:4

17:4 They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” ¹¹  So Joshua ¹²  assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. ¹³ 

Yosua 18:13

18:13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), ¹⁴  and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.

Yosua 20:9

20:9 These were the cities of refuge ¹⁵  appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by ¹⁶  the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. ¹⁷ 

Yosua 21:9

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

[5:13]  ¹ tn Heb “in.”

[5:13]  ² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[5:13]  ³ tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[10:40]  ⁸ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[12:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”

[12:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

[17:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The Lord commanded Moses to assign to us an inheritance in the midst of our brothers.” Since Zelophehad had no sons, “brothers” must refer to their uncles, as the next sentence makes clear.

[17:4]  ¹² tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.

[17:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he assigned to them in accordance with the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father.”

[18:13]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:9]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.

[20:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and not die by the hand of.”

[20:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.