Discovery BoxJoshua 2:24--3:1 
Context2:24 They told Joshua, “Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us! 1 All who live in the land are cringing before us!” 2
3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. 3 They camped there before crossing the river. 4
Joshua 3:4
Context3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. 5 Keep your distance 6 so you can see 7 which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
Joshua 4:14
Context4:14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected 8 him all his life, 9 just as they had respected 10 Moses.
Joshua 6:15
Context6:15 On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn 11 and marched around the city as before – only this time they marched around it seven times. 12
Joshua 7:23
Context7:23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed 13 it before the Lord.
Joshua 8:5-6
Context8:5 I and all the troops 14 who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. 8:6 They will attack 15 us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.
Joshua 8:35
Context8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given 16 before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. 17
Joshua 10:14
Context10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed 18 a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!
Joshua 18:6
Context18:6 But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.
Joshua 18:10
Context18:10 Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.
Joshua 21:1
Context21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
Joshua 23:5
Context23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, 19 so you can occupy 20 their land as the Lord your God promised 21 you.
Joshua 23:9
Context23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you 22 to this very day.
Joshua 24:1
Context24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.
Joshua 24:12
Context24:12 I sent terror 23 ahead of you to drive out before you the two 24 Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. 25
1 tn Heb “Surely the
2 tn Heb “are melting away because of us.”
3 tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”
4 tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”
sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.
6 tn Heb “do not approach it.”
7 tn Heb “know.”
8 tn Heb “feared.”
9 tn Heb “all the days of his life.”
10 tn Heb “had feared.”
11 tn Heb “On the seventh day they rose early, when the dawn ascended.”
12 tn Heb “and they went around the city according to this manner seven times, only on that day they went around the city seven times.”
13 tn Heb “poured out,” probably referring to the way the silver pieces poured out of their container.
14 tn Heb “the people.”
15 tn Heb “come out after.”
16 tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”
17 tn Heb “walked in their midst.”
18 tn Heb “listened to the voice of.”
19 tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.
20 tn Or “take possession of.”
21 tn Heb “said to.”
22 tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”
23 tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).
24 tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).
25 tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.
