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 4:7-8
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.”
4:8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.
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, 8 the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. 9
Joshua 5:1
Context5:1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they 10 crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites. 11
Joshua 6:26
Context6:26 At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: 12 “The man who attempts to rebuild 13 this city of Jericho 14 will stand condemned before the Lord. 15 He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!” 16
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, 17 O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 18
Joshua 8:1
Context8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 19 Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! 20 See, I am handing over to you 21 the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.
Joshua 8:31
Context8:31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. 22 They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace. 23
Joshua 9:24
Context9:24 They said to Joshua, “It was carefully reported to your subjects 24 how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified 25 we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.
Joshua 10:11
Context10:11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from 26 Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, 27 all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
Joshua 19:51
Context19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders 28 made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 29 So they finished dividing up the land.
Joshua 22:28
Context22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing 30 to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors 31 made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’ 32
Joshua 23:14
Context23:14 “Look, today I am about to die. 33 You know with all your heart and being 34 that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled! 35
Joshua 24:7
Context24:7 Your fathers 36 cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, 37 and then drowned them in the sea. 38 You witnessed with your very own eyes 39 what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. 40
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 “were cut off from before.”
7 tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”
8 tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”
9 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.
10 tc Another textual tradition has, “while we crossed.”
11 tn Heb “their heart[s] melted and there was no longer in them breathe because of the sons of Israel.”
12 tn Normally the Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) has a causative sense (“make [someone] take an oath”; see Josh 2:17, 20), but here (see also Josh 23:7) no object is stated or implied. If Joshua is calling divine judgment down upon the one who attempts to rebuild Jericho, then “make a solemn appeal [to God as judge]” or “pronounce a curse” would be an appropriate translation. However, the tone seems stronger. Joshua appears to be announcing the certain punishment of the violator. 1 Kgs 16:34, which records the fulfillment of Joshua’s prediction, supports this. Casting Joshua in a prophetic role, it refers to Joshua’s statement as the “word of the
13 tn Heb “rises up and builds.”
14 tc The LXX omits “Jericho.” It is probably a scribal addition.
15 tn The Hebrew phrase אָרוּר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה (’arur lifney yÿhvah, “cursed [i.e., condemned] before the
16 tn Heb “With his firstborn he will lay its foundations and with his youngest he will erect its gates.” The Hebrew verb יַצִּיב (yatsiv, “he will erect”) is imperfect, not jussive, suggesting Joshua’s statement is a prediction, not an imprecation.
17 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
18 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the
19 tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”
20 tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”
21 tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.
22 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones on which no one had wielded iron.” The expression “whole stones” refers to stones in their natural condition, i.e., not carved or shaped artificially with tools (“wielded iron”).
23 tn Or “peace offerings.”
24 tn Heb “your servants.”
25 tn Or “we were very afraid.”
26 tn Heb “on the descent of.”
27 tn Or “heaven” (also in v. 13). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
28 tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”
29 tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”
sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
30 tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
31 tn Heb “fathers.”
32 tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”
33 tn Heb “go the way of all the earth.”
34 tn Or “soul.”
35 tn Heb “one word from all these words which the
36 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).
37 tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”
38 tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”
39 tn Heb “your eyes saw.”
40 tn Heb “many days.”
