Discovery BoxJoshua 2:5 
Context2:5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. 1 I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”
Joshua 2:9
Context2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. 2 We are absolutely terrified of you, 3 and all who live in the land are cringing before 4 you. 5
Joshua 2:12
Context2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. 6 Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. 7 Give me a solemn pledge 8
Joshua 6:10
Context6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army, 9 “Do not give a battle cry 10 or raise your voices; say nothing 11 until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’ 12 Then give the battle cry!” 13
Joshua 7:8
Context7:8 If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated 14 before its enemies?
Joshua 7:12
Context7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. 15 I will no longer be with you, 16 unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 17
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 18 over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
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 19 their chariots.”
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 24:11
Context24:11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. 20 The leaders 21 of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.
Joshua 24:13
Context24:13 I gave you a land in 22 which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of 23 vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’
1 tn Heb “And the gate was to be shut in the darkness and the men went out.”
2 tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.
3 tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”
4 tn Or “melting away because of.”
5 tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the
6 tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the
sn To swear an oath in the
7 tn Heb “with the house of my father.”
8 tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”
9 tn Heb “the people.”
10 tn Or “the shout.”
11 tn Heb “do not let a word come out of your mouths.”
12 tn Or “the shout.”
13 tn Or “the shout.”
14 tn Heb “turned [the] back.”
15 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the
16 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
17 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
18 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
20 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
21 tn Or perhaps, “citizens.”
22 tn Or perhaps, “for.”
23 tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.
