Joshua 2:10

2:10 For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. ¹ 

Joshua 3:17

3:17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side. ² 

Joshua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near ³  Jericho, ⁴  he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. ⁵  Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” ⁶ 

Joshua 7:8

7:8 If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated ⁷  before its enemies?

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁸  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁹  and all along the Mediterranean coast ¹⁰  as far as ¹¹  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 12:1

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land ¹²  on the east side of the Jordan, ¹³  from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Joshua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ¹⁴  of Judah. This is the western border. ¹⁵ 

Joshua 22:11

22:11 The Israelites received this report: ¹⁶  “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to ¹⁷  the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

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¹ tn Heb “and what you did to the two Amorite kings who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, how you annihilated them.”

² tn Heb “and all Israel was crossing over on dry ground until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

³ tn Heb “in.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵ tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

⁶ tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

⁷ tn Heb “turned [the] back.”

⁸ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

⁹ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

¹¹ tn Heb “in front of.”

¹² tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”

¹³ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

¹⁵ tn Or “side.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Israel heard, saying.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “toward the front of.”