Joshua 2:24--3:1

2:24 They told Joshua, “Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us!¹ All who live in the land are cringing before us!”²

Israel Crosses the Jordan

3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.³ They camped there before crossing the river.⁴

Joshua 3:4

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it.⁵ Keep your distance⁶ so you can see⁷ which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

Joshua 4:14

4:14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected⁸ him all his life,⁹ just as they had respected¹⁰ Moses.

Joshua 6:15

6:15 On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn¹¹ and marched around the city as before – only this time they marched around it seven times.¹²

Joshua 7:23

7:23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed¹³ it before the Lord.

Joshua 8:5-6

8:5 I and all the troops¹⁴ who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. 8:6 They will attack¹⁵ us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.

Joshua 8:35

8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given¹⁶ before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.¹⁷

Joshua 10:14

10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed¹⁸ a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Joshua 18:6

18:6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

Joshua 18:10

18:10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

Joshua 21:1

Levitical Cities

21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

Joshua 23:5

23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them,¹⁹ so you can occupy²⁰ their land as the Lord your God promised²¹ you.

Joshua 23:9

23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you²² to this very day.

Joshua 24:1

Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord

24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

Joshua 24:12

24:12 I sent terror²³ ahead of you to drive out before you the two²⁴ Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.²⁵

¹tn Heb “Surely the Lord has given into our hand all the land.” The report by the spies uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.

²tn Heb “are melting away because of us.”

³tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”

⁴tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.

⁶tn Heb “do not approach it.”

⁷tn Heb “know.”

⁸tn Heb “feared.”

⁹tn Heb “all the days of his life.”

¹⁰tn Heb “had feared.”

¹¹tn Heb “On the seventh day they rose early, when the dawn ascended.”

¹²tn Heb “and they went around the city according to this manner seven times, only on that day they went around the city seven times.”

¹³tn Heb “poured out,” probably referring to the way the silver pieces poured out of their container.

¹⁴tn Heb “the people.”

¹⁵tn Heb “come out after.”

¹⁶tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”

¹⁷tn Heb “walked in their midst.”

¹⁸tn Heb “listened to the voice of.”

¹⁹tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

²⁰tn Or “take possession of.”

²¹tn Heb “said to.”

²²tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”

²³tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).

²⁴tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).

²⁵tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.