Joshua 6:17

6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, ¹  except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies ²  we sent.

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ³  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁴  and all along the Mediterranean coast ⁵  as far as ⁶  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 11:16

A Summary of Israel’s Victories

11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land, ⁷  including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, ⁸  the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,

Joshua 13:6

13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ⁹  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ¹⁰ 

Joshua 22:5

22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love ¹¹  the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, ¹²  obey ¹³  his commands, be loyal to him, ¹⁴  and serve him with all your heart and being!” ¹⁵ 

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¹ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

sn To make the city set apart for the Lord would involve annihilating all the people and animals and placing its riches in the Lord’s treasury (vv. 19, 21, 24).

² tn Heb “messengers.”

³ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

⁴ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁵ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁶ tn Heb “in front of.”

⁷ tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”

⁸ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

¹⁰ tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

¹¹ tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, to love.”

¹² tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”

¹³ tn Or “keep.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “hug him.”

¹⁵ tn Or “soul.”