Joshua 2:11
2:11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. 1 For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!
Joshua 6:18
6:18 But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster. 2
Joshua 7:5
7:5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures 3 and defeated them on the steep slope. 4 The people’s 5 courage melted away like water. 6
Joshua 13:3
13:3 from the Shihor River 7 east of 8 Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), 9 including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land 10
1 tn Heb “And we heard and our heart[s] melted and there remained no longer breath in a man because of you.”
2 tn Heb “Only you keep [away] from what is set apart [to the Lord] so that you might not, as you are setting [it] apart, take some of what is set apart [to the Lord] and make the camp of Israel set apart [to destruction by the Lord] and bring trouble on it.”
3 tn The meaning and correct translation of the Hebrew word שְׁבָרִים (shÿvarim) is uncertain. The translation “fissures” is based on usage of the plural form of the noun in Ps 60:4 HT (60:2 ET), where it appears to refer to cracks in the earth caused by an earthquake. Perhaps deep ravines or gorges are in view, or the word is a proper noun (“all the way to Shebarim”).
4 sn The precise geographical location of the Israelite defeat at this “steep slope” is uncertain.
5 tn Or “army’s.”
6 tn Heb “and the heart of the people melted and became water.”
7 tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
8 tn Heb “in front of.”
9 tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”
10 tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”