Discovery BoxJoshua 22:31 
Context22:31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, 1 “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. 2 Now 3 you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.” 4
Joshua 23:13-14
Context23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; 5 they will be a whip that tears 6 your sides and thorns that blind 7 your eyes until you disappear 8 from this good land the Lord your God gave you.
23:14 “Look, today I am about to die. 9 You know with all your heart and being 10 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! 11
1 tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”
2 tn Heb “because you were not unfaithful with this unfaithfulness against the
3 tn On the use of אָז in a logical sense, see Waltke-O’Connor, Hebrew Syntax, 667.
4 tn Heb “the hand (i.e., power) of the
5 tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”
6 tn Heb “in.”
7 tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”
8 tn Or “perish.”
9 tn Heb “go the way of all the earth.”
10 tn Or “soul.”
11 tn Heb “one word from all these words which the
