Yosua 8:6

8:6 They will attack ¹  us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.

Yosua 8:16

8:16 All the reinforcements ²  in Ai ³  were ordered ⁴  to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

Yosua 22:33

22:33 The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. ⁵  They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived. ⁶ 

Yosua 1:8

1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ⁷  You must memorize it ⁸  day and night so you can carefully obey ⁹  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ¹⁰  and be successful. ¹¹ 

Yosua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ¹²  It piled up far upstream ¹³  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ¹⁴  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ¹⁵ 

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “come out after.”

[8:16]  ² tn Heb “All the people.”

[8:16]  ³ tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”

[8:16]  ⁴ tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”

[22:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel blessed God.”

[22:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they did not speak about going up against them for battle to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.”

[1:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “mouth.”

[1:8]  sn This law scroll must not leave your lips. The ancient practice of reading aloud to oneself as an aid to memorization is in view here.

[1:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

[1:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

[1:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

[1:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

[3:16]  ¹² tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

[3:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

[3:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

[3:16]  sn The Salt Sea is an ancient name for the Dead Sea.

[3:16]  ¹⁵ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.