Yosua 8:33

8:33 All the people, ¹  rulers, ²  leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. ³  Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. ⁴ 

Yosua 14:12

14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. ⁵  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer ⁶  them, as the Lord promised.”

Yosua 23:13

23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ⁷  they will be a whip that tears ⁸  your sides and thorns that blind ⁹  your eyes until you disappear ¹⁰  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

[8:33]  ¹ tn Heb “All Israel.”

[8:33]  ² tn Or “elders.”

[8:33]  ³ tn Heb “like the resident alien, like the citizen.” The language is idiomatic, meaning that both groups were treated the same, at least in this instance.

[8:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”

[8:33]  sn Moses’ earlier instructions are found in Deut 11:29.

[14:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

[14:12]  ⁶ tn Or “will dispossess.”

[23:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

[23:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “in.”

[23:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “perish.”