Joshua 2:12
2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. 1 Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. 2 Give me a solemn pledge 3
Joshua 14:9
14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: 4 ‘Surely the land on which you walked 5 will belong to you and your descendants permanently, 6 for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’
Joshua 23:7
23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near 7 you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! 8 You must not worship 9 or bow down to them!
1 tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the Lord.”
sn To swear an oath in the Lord’s name would make the Lord the witness and guarantor of the promise attached to the oath. If the person making the oath should go back on the promise, the Lord would judge him for breaking the contract.
2 tn Heb “with the house of my father.”
3 tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”
4 tn Heb “swore an oath.”
5 tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”
6 tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”
7 tn Heb “with.”
8 tn Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.
9 tn Or “serve.”