Discovery BoxJoshua 2:24 
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
Joshua 9:7
Context9:7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. 3 So how can we make a treaty with you?”
Joshua 9:15
Context9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community 4 sealed it with an oath. 5
Joshua 9:21
Context9:21 The leaders then added, 6 “Let them live.” So they became 7 woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. 8
Joshua 11:14
Context11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people 9 and allowed no one who breathed to live.
Joshua 15:63
Context15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. 10 The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. 11
Joshua 16:10
Context16:10 The Ephraimites 12 did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.
Joshua 17:7
Context17:7 The border of Manasseh went 13 from Asher to Micmethath which is near 14 Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah.
1 tn Heb “Surely the
2 tn Heb “are melting away because of us.”
3 tn Heb “in our midst.”
4 tn Or “assembly.”
5 tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”
6 tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”
7 tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.
8 tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”
9 tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”
10 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
11 sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).
12 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “was.”
14 tn Heb “in front of”; perhaps “east of.”
