Yosua 3:4

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ¹  Keep your distance ²  so you can see ³  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

Yosua 24:20

24:20 If ⁴  you abandon the Lord and worship ⁵  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ⁶  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ⁷  though he once treated you well.” ⁸ 

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

[3:4]  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.

[3:4]  ² tn Heb “do not approach it.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “know.”

[24:20]  ⁴ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ⁵ tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ⁶ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “after he did good for you.”