Discovery BoxJoshua 2:14 
Context2:14 The men said to her, “If you 1 die, may we die too! 2 If you do not report what we’ve been up to, 3 then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance 4 to you.” 5
Joshua 3:13
Context3:13 When the feet 6 of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler 7 of the whole earth, touch 8 the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.” 9
Joshua 4:7
Context4:7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing 10 before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. 11 These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
Joshua 4:10
Context4:10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,
Joshua 4:18
Context4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, 12 the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. 13
Joshua 5:14
Context5:14 He answered, 14 “Truly I am the commander of the Lord’s army. 15 Now I have arrived!” 16 Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground 17 and asked, “What does my master want to say to his servant?”
Joshua 6:6
Context6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”
Joshua 6:17
Context6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, 18 except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies 19 we sent.
Joshua 7:1
Context7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. 20 Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, 21 son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. 22 The Lord was furious with the Israelites. 23
Joshua 7:15
Context7:15 The one caught with the riches 24 must be burned up 25 along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
Joshua 7:25-26
Context7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster 26 on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) 27 7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day 28 ) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.
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 29 over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
Joshua 10:10
Context10:10 The Lord routed 30 them before Israel. Israel 31 thoroughly defeated them 32 at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass 33 of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
Joshua 10:30
Context10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel 34 put the sword to all who lived there; they 35 left no survivors. They 36 did to its king what they 37 had done to the king of Jericho. 38
Joshua 11:6
Context11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn 39 their chariots.”
Joshua 11:8
Context11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, 40 Misrephoth Maim, 41 and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
Joshua 11:23
Context11:23 Joshua conquered 42 the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses, 43 and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. 44 Then the land was free of war.
Joshua 15:13
Context15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.) 45
Joshua 17:14
Context17:14 The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the Lord has enabled us to increase in number.” 46
Joshua 18:8
Context18:8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”
Joshua 19:51
Context19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders 47 made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 48 So they finished dividing up the land.
Joshua 24:7
Context24:7 Your fathers 49 cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, 50 and then drowned them in the sea. 51 You witnessed with your very own eyes 52 what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. 53
1 tn The second person pronoun is masculine plural, indicating that Rahab’s entire family is in view.
2 tn Heb “Our lives in return for you to die.” If the lives of Rahab’s family are not spared, then the spies will pay for the broken vow with their own lives.
3 tn Heb “If you do not report this matter of ours.”
4 tn Heb “allegiance and faithfulness.” These virtual synonyms are joined in the translation as “unswerving allegiance” to emphasize the degree of promised loyalty.
5 tn The second person pronoun is feminine singular, referring specifically to Rahab.
6 tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”
7 tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”
8 tn Or “rest in.”
9 tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”
10 tn Heb “were cut off from before.”
11 tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”
12 tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”
13 tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”
sn Verses 15-18 give a more detailed account of the priests’ crossing that had been briefly described in v. 11.
14 tc Heb “He said, “Neither.” An alternative reading is לוֹ (lo, “[He said] to him”; cf. NEB). This reading is supported by many Hebrew
15 sn The Lord’s heavenly army, like an earthly army, has a commander who leads the troops. For the phrase שַׂר־צְבָא (sar-tsÿva’, “army commander”) in the human sphere, see among many other references Gen 21:22, 32; 26:26; Judg 4:2, 7; 1 Sam 12:9.
16 sn The commander’s appearance seems to be for Joshua’s encouragement. Joshua could now lead Israel into battle knowing that the
17 tn Heb “Joshua fell on his face to the ground and bowed down.”
18 tn Or “dedicated to the
sn To make the city set apart for the
19 tn Heb “messengers.”
20 tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the
21 tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).
22 tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the
23 tn Heb “the anger of the
sn This incident illustrates well the principle of corporate solidarity and corporate guilt. The sin of one man brought the
24 tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the
25 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
26 tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).
27 tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.
28 tc Heb “to this day.” The phrase “to this day” is omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition.
29 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
30 tn Or “caused to panic.”
31 tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Israel (mentioned at the end of the previous sentence in the verse; cf. NIV, NRSV), but it is also possible that the
32 tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”
33 tn Or “ascent.”
34 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
35 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
36 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
37 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
38 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
39 tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
40 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
41 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
42 tn Heb “took.”
43 tn Heb “according to all which the
44 tn Heb “and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotted portions by their tribes.”
45 tn Heb “To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth [i.e., command] of the
46 tn Heb “Why have you given me as an inheritance one lot and one portion, though I am a great people until [the time] which, until now the
47 tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”
48 tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”
sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
49 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).
50 tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”
51 tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”
52 tn Heb “your eyes saw.”
53 tn Heb “many days.”
