Joshua 4:3

4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ¹  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Joshua 4:5

4:5 Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

Joshua 6:24

6:24 But they burned ²  the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord’s house. ³ 

Joshua 8:24

8:24 When Israel had finished killing all the men ⁴  of Ai who had chased them toward the desert ⁵  (they all fell by the sword), ⁶  all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

Joshua 10:28

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. ⁷ 

Joshua 10:30

10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel ⁸  put the sword to all who lived there; they ⁹  left no survivors. They ¹⁰  did to its king what they ¹¹  had done to the king of Jericho. ¹² 

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they ¹³  captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Joshua 10:37

10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they ¹⁴  left no survivors. As they ¹⁵  had done at Eglon, they ¹⁶  annihilated it and all who lived there.

Joshua 19:47

19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory, ¹⁷  so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it ¹⁸  Dan after their ancestor. ¹⁹ )

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¹ tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

² tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

³ tn Heb “the treasury of the house of the Lord.” Technically the Lord did not have a “house” yet, so perhaps this refers to the tabernacle using later terminology.

⁴ tn Heb “residents.”

⁵ tn Heb “in the field, in the desert in which they chased them.”

⁶ tc Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The LXX omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.

⁷ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰ tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹² map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹³ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁷ tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁹ tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”