Joshua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near 1  Jericho, 2  he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. 3  Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” 4 

Joshua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared 5  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, 6  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel 7  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. 8 

Joshua 8:18

8:18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city 9  over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

Joshua 11:15

11:15 Moses the Lord’s servant passed on the Lord’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses. 10 

Joshua 11:21

11:21 At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country 11  – from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel. 12  Joshua annihilated them and their cities.

Joshua 17:4

17:4 They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” 13  So Joshua 14  assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. 15 

1 tn Heb “in.”

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

3 tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

4 tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

5 tn Heb “kept alive.”

6 tn Heb the house of her father.”

7 tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

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

9 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

10 tn Heb “As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua acted accordingly; he did not turn aside a thing from all which the Lord commanded Moses.”

11 tn Heb “went and cut off the Anakites from the hill country.”

12 tn Heb “and from all the hill country of Israel.”

13 tn Heb “The Lord commanded Moses to assign to us an inheritance in the midst of our brothers.” Since Zelophehad had no sons, “brothers” must refer to their uncles, as the next sentence makes clear.

14 tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.

15 tn Heb “and he assigned to them in accordance with the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father.”