Discovery BoxJoshua 3:5 
Context3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”
Joshua 6:2
Context6:2 The Lord told Joshua, “See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, 1 along with its king and its warriors.
Joshua 7:20
Context7:20 Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way: 2
Joshua 23:2
Context23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.
1 tn Heb “I have given into your hand Jericho.” The Hebrew verb נָתַתִּי (natatti, “I have given”) is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action. The Hebrew pronominal suffix “your” is singular, being addressed to Joshua as the leader and representative of the nation. To convey to the modern reader what is about to happen and who is doing it, the translation “I am about to defeat Jericho for you” has been used.
2 tn Heb “like this and like this I did.”
