3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. 4 They camped there before crossing the river. 5
8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered 17 the army, 18 and he and the leaders 19 of Israel marched 20 at the head of it 21 to Ai.
9:22 28 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites 29 and said to them, “Why did you trick 30 us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? 31
11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, 35 and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time 36 the leader of all these kingdoms.
11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, 37 as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded. 11:13 But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, 38 except for Hazor; 39 it was the only one Joshua burned.
13:1 When Joshua was very old, 43 the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.
21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.
1 tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, are added for clarification.
2 tn Heb “Surely the
3 tn Heb “are melting away because of us.”
4 tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”
5 tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “feared.”
7 tn Heb “all the days of his life.”
8 tn Heb “had feared.”
9 tn Heb “their sons he raised up in their place.”
10 tn Heb “rolled away.”
11 sn One might take the disgrace of Egypt as a reference to their uncircumcised condition (see Gen 34:14), but the generation that left Egypt was circumcised (see v. 5). It more likely refers to the disgrace they experienced in Egyptian slavery. When this new generation reached the promised land and renewed their covenantal commitment to the Lord by submitting to the rite of circumcision, the
12 sn The name Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew verb “roll away” (גַּלַל, galal).
13 tn Heb “and he made the ark of the
14 tn Heb “and they entered the camp and spent the night in the camp.”
15 tn Heb “said.”
16 tn Heb “poured out,” probably referring to the way the silver pieces poured out of their container.
17 tn Or “summoned, mustered.”
18 tn Heb “the people.”
19 tn Or “elders.”
20 tn Heb “went up.”
21 tn Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used “army” in the previous clause, a singular pronoun (“it”) is required in English.
22 tn Heb “according to the word of the
23 tn Or “afterward.”
24 tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”
25 tn Heb “walked in their midst.”
26 tn Or “assembly.”
27 tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”
28 sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.
29 tn Heb “them.”
30 tn Or “deceive.”
31 tn Heb “live in our midst?”
32 tn Heb “I have given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.
33 tn Heb “and not a man [or “one”] of them will stand before you.”
34 tn Heb “people.”
35 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
36 tn Or “formerly.”
37 tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”
38 tn Heb “standing on their mounds.”
39 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
40 tn Heb “took.”
41 tn Heb “according to all which the
42 tn Heb “and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotted portions by their tribes.”
43 tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.
44 tn Heb “house.”
45 tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”
46 tn Or “fathers.”
47 tn Heb “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the
48 sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment.