Joshua 2:17

2:17 The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: ¹ 

Joshua 2:23

2:23 Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, ²  came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

Joshua 5:5

5:5 Now ³  all the men ⁴  who left were circumcised, but all the sons ⁵  born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

Joshua 6:21

6:21 They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, ⁶  including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Joshua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ⁷  they all went out after Israel. ⁸  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

Joshua 9:7

9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. ⁹  So how can we make a treaty with you?”

Joshua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified ¹⁰  because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Joshua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹¹  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ¹² 

Joshua 18:4

18:4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. ¹³ 

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¹ tn Heb “We are free from this oath of yours which you made us swear.” The words “unless the following conditions are met” are not in the Hebrew text, but are added for clarification.

² tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, are added for clarification.

³ tn Or “indeed.”

⁴ tn Heb “people.”

⁵ tn Heb “all the people.”

⁶ tn Heb “all which was in the city.”

⁷ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁸ tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

⁹ tn Heb “in our midst.”

¹⁰ tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

¹¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹² sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

¹³ tn Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.”