Joshua 1:6

1:6 Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them. 1 

Joshua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, 2  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea 3  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. 4 

Joshua 24:4

24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, 5  while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Joshua 24:12

24:12 I sent terror 6  ahead of you to drive out before you the two 7  Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. 8 

1 tn Heb “For you will cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.” The pronoun “them” at the end of the verse refers to either the people or to the fathers.

2 tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

3 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

4 tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.

5 tn Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”

6 tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).

7 tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).

8 tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.