12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes, 6
1 tn Heb “But you must cross over armed for battle before your brothers, all [you] mighty men of strength.”
2 tn Heb “And we heard and our heart[s] melted and there remained no longer breath in a man because of you.”
3 tn Heb “and the report about him was in all the land.” The Hebrew term אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”) may also be translated “earth.”
4 tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”
5 tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”
6 tn Heb “Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotted portions.”
7 tn Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”
8 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”