Discovery BoxJoshua 1:11 
Context1:11 “Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’” 1
Joshua 1:14
Context1:14 Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. 2 You must help them
Joshua 4:23
Context4:23 For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. 3
Joshua 9:9
Context9:9 They told him, “Your subjects 4 have come from a very distant land because of the reputation 5 of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt 6
Joshua 9:11
Context9:11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them, “We are willing to be your subjects. 7 Make a treaty with us.”’
Joshua 10:19
Context10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! 8 Don’t allow them to retreat to 9 their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” 10
Joshua 14:9
Context14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: 11 ‘Surely the land on which you walked 12 will belong to you and your descendants permanently, 13 for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’
Joshua 22:5
Context22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love 14 the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, 15 obey 16 his commands, be loyal to him, 17 and serve him with all your heart and being!” 18
Joshua 22:8
Context22:8 saying, “Take home 19 great wealth, a lot of cattle, 20 silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of 21 clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”
Joshua 24:19
Context24:19 Joshua warned 22 the people, “You will not keep worshiping 23 the Lord, for 24 he is a holy God. 25 He is a jealous God who will not forgive 26 your rebellion or your sins.
1 tn Heb “to enter to possess the land which the
2 tn Heb “But you must cross over armed for battle before your brothers, all [you] mighty men of strength.”
3 tn Heb “just as the
4 tn Or “servants.”
5 tn Heb “name.”
6 tn Heb “the report about him, all that he did in Egypt.”
7 tn Heb “your servants.”
8 tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”
9 tn Or “enter into.”
10 tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.
11 tn Heb “swore an oath.”
12 tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”
13 tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”
14 tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the
15 tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”
16 tn Or “keep.”
17 tn Heb “hug him.”
18 tn Or “soul.”
19 tn Heb “return to your tents with.”
20 tn Heb “very many cattle.”
21 tn Heb “very much clothing.”
22 tn Heb “said to.”
23 tn Heb “you are not able to serve.”
24 sn For an excellent discussion of Joshua’s logical argument here, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 274-75.
25 tn In the Hebrew text both the divine name (אֱלֹהִים, ’elohim) and the adjective (קְדֹשִׁים, qÿdoshim, “holy”) are plural. Normally the divine name, when referring to the one true God, takes singular modifiers, but this is a rare exception where the adjective agrees grammatically with the honorific plural noun. See GKC §124.i and IBHS 122.
26 tn Heb “lift up” or “take away.”
sn This assertion obviously needs qualification, for the OT elsewhere affirms that God does forgive. Joshua is referring to the persistent national rebellion against the Mosaic covenant that eventually cause God to decree unconditionally the nation’s exile.
