Discovery BoxJoshua 1:13 
Context1:13 “Remember what Moses the Lord’s servant commanded you. 1 The Lord your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you. 2
Joshua 2:9
Context2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. 3 We are absolutely terrified of you, 4 and all who live in the land are cringing before 5 you. 6
Joshua 6:16
Context6:16 The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns and Joshua told the army, 7 “Give the battle cry, 8 for the Lord is handing the city over to you! 9
Joshua 8:18
Context8:18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city 10 over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
Joshua 10:19
Context10:19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! 11 Don’t allow them to retreat to 12 their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you.” 13
1 tn Heb “remember the word which Moses, the
sn This command can be found in Deut 3:18-20. In vv. 13-15 Joshua paraphrases the command, as the third person reference to Moses in v. 14 indicates.
2 tn Heb “is providing rest for you and is giving to you this land.”
sn “This land” refers to the trans-Jordanian lands allotted to these tribes.
3 tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.
4 tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”
5 tn Or “melting away because of.”
6 tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the
7 tn Heb “the people.”
8 tn Or “the shout.”
9 tn Heb “for the
10 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Heb “But [as for] you, don’t stand still, chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear.”
12 tn Or “enter into.”
13 tn Heb “has given them into your hand.” The verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action.
