Joshua 6:8

6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders,¹ the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.

Joshua 6:20

6:20 The rams’ horns sounded² and when the army³ heard the signal,⁴ they gave a loud battle cry.⁵ The wall collapsed⁶ and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.⁷

Joshua 15:19

15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present.⁸ Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

Joshua 22:5

22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love⁹ the Lord your God, follow all his instructions,¹⁰ obey¹¹ his commands, be loyal to him,¹² and serve him with all your heart and being!”¹³

Joshua 22:33

22:33 The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God.¹⁴ They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.¹⁵

Joshua 24:13

24:13 I gave you a land in¹⁶ which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of¹⁷ vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

¹tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”

²tc Heb “and the people shouted and they blew the rams’ horns.” The initial statement (“and the people shouted”) seems premature, since the verse goes on to explain that the battle cry followed the blowing of the horns. The statement has probably been accidentally duplicated from what follows. It is omitted in the LXX.

³tn Heb “the people.”

⁴tn Heb “the sound of the horn.”

⁵tn Heb “they shouted with a loud shout.”

⁶tn Heb “fell in its place.”

⁷tn Heb “and the people went up into the city, each one straight ahead, and they captured the city.”

⁸tn Elsewhere this Hebrew word (בְּרָכָה, bÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).

⁹tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, to love.”

¹⁰tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”

¹¹tn Or “keep.”

¹²tn Heb “hug him.”

¹³tn Or “soul.”

¹⁴tn Heb “and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel blessed God.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and they did not speak about going up against them for battle to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.”

¹⁶tn Or perhaps, “for.”

¹⁷tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.