Discovery BoxJoshua 1:15 
Context1:15 until the Lord gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the Lord’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.” 1
Joshua 3:16
Context3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. 2 It piled up far upstream 3 at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). 4 The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. 5
Joshua 4:7
Context4:7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing 6 before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. 7 These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
Joshua 7:13
Context7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, 8 O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 9
Joshua 7:24
Context7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. 10
Joshua 10:11
Context10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from 11 Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, 12 all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
Joshua 10:39
Context10:39 They 13 captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they 14 left no survivors. They 15 did to Debir and its king what they 16 had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron. 17
Joshua 14:12
Context14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. 18 But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer 19 them, as the Lord promised.”
Joshua 17:15
Context17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, 20 go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”
Joshua 18:7
Context18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. 21 Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land 22 east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”
Joshua 20:9
Context20:9 These were the cities of refuge 23 appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by 24 the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. 25
Joshua 22:4
Context22:4 Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, 26 just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes 27 in your own land 28 which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.
Joshua 24:7
Context24:7 Your fathers 29 cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, 30 and then drowned them in the sea. 31 You witnessed with your very own eyes 32 what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. 33
1 tn Heb “Then you may return to the land of your possession and possess it, that which Moses, the
2 tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”
3 tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”
4 tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”
sn The Salt Sea is an ancient name for the Dead Sea.
5 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
6 tn Heb “were cut off from before.”
7 tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”
8 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
9 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the
10 tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).
11 tn Heb “on the descent of.”
12 tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
13 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
14 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
15 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
16 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
17 tn Heb “as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, and as he did to Libnah and its king.” The clauses have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.
18 tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”
19 tn Or “will dispossess.”
20 tn Heb “If you are a great people.”
21 tn Or “the priesthood of the
22 tn Or “inheritance.”
23 tn The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.
24 tn Heb “and not die by the hand of.”
25 tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.
26 tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”
27 tn Heb “tents.”
28 tn Heb “the land of your possession.”
29 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).
30 tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”
31 tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”
32 tn Heb “your eyes saw.”
33 tn Heb “many days.”
