Joshua 1:13

1:13 “Remember what Moses the Lord’s servant commanded you. ¹  The Lord your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you. ² 

Joshua 2:9

2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. ³  We are absolutely terrified of you, ⁴  and all who live in the land are cringing before ⁵  you. ⁶ 

Joshua 6:16

6:16 The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns and Joshua told the army, ⁷  “Give the battle cry, ⁸  for the Lord is handing the city over to you! ⁹ 

Joshua 8:18

8:18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city ¹⁰  over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

Joshua 10:19

10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! ¹¹  Don’t allow them to retreat to ¹²  their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” ¹³ 

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¹ tn Heb “remember the word which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you.”

sn This command can be found in Deut 3:18-20. In vv. 13-15 Joshua paraphrases the command, as the third person reference to Moses in v. 14 indicates.

² tn Heb “is providing rest for you and is giving to you this land.”

sn “This land” refers to the trans-Jordanian lands allotted to these tribes.

³ tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.

⁴ tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”

⁵ tn Or “melting away because of.”

⁶ tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the Lord…and that terror of you…and that all the inhabitants….”

⁷ tn Heb “the people.”

⁸ tn Or “the shout.”

⁹ tn Heb “for the Lord has given to you the city.” The verbal form is a perfect, probably indicating certitude here.

¹⁰ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”

¹² tn Or “enter into.”

¹³ tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.