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 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ³  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ⁴  and walk ⁵  behind it.

Joshua 10:40

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ⁶  the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 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.” ⁷  So Joshua ⁸  assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. ⁹ 

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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 sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

⁴ tn Heb “set out from your place.”

⁵ tn Or “march.”

⁶ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.

⁹ 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.”