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 7:12

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. 2  I will no longer be with you, 3  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 4 

Joshua 8:2

8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho 5  and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

Joshua 9:22

9:22 6 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites 7  and said to them, “Why did you trick 8  us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? 9 

Joshua 23:7

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near 10  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! 11  You must not worship 12  or bow down to them!

1 tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

2 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

3 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

4 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

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

6 sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

7 tn Heb “them.”

8 tn Or “deceive.”

9 tn Heb “live in our midst?”

10 tn Heb “with.”

11 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.

12 tn Or “serve.”