Joshua 5:15

5:15 The commander of the Lord’s army answered Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.

Joshua 6:7

6:7 And he told ¹  the army, ²  “Move ahead ³  and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

Joshua 8:9-10

8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place ⁴  west of Ai, between Bethel ⁵  and Ai. ⁶  Joshua spent that night with the army. ⁷ 

8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered ⁸  the army, ⁹  and he and the leaders ¹⁰  of Israel marched ¹¹  at the head of it ¹²  to Ai.

Joshua 10:33

10:33 Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army ¹³  until no survivors remained.

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¹ tn An alternative reading is “and they said.” In this case the subject is indefinite and the verb should be translated as passive, “[the army] was told.”

² tn Heb “the people.”

³ tn Heb “pass by.”

⁴ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

⁵ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁶ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

⁷ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

⁸ tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

⁹ tn Heb “the people.”

¹⁰ tn Or “elders.”

¹¹ tn Heb “went up.”

¹² 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.

¹³ tn Heb “people.”