Joshua 7:16

7:16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order¹ and the tribe of Judah was selected.

Joshua 8:28

8:28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day).²

10:4 “Come to my aid³ so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);⁴ they had to conquer all of them,⁵

13:32 These are the land assignments made by Moses⁶ on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho.⁷

Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time⁸ passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies,⁹ and Joshua was very old.¹⁰

¹tn Heb “by tribes.”

²tn Heb “and made it a permanent mound, a desolation, to this day.”

³tn Heb “Come up to me and help me.”

⁴tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.

⁵tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”

⁶tn Heb “These are [the lands] which Moses gave as an inheritance.”

⁷tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

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

⁸tn Heb “many days.”

⁹tn Heb “the Lord had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around.”

¹⁰tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.