Yosua 4:2

4:2 “Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Yosua 9:14

9:14 The men examined¹ some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the Lord’s advice.²

Yosua 4:20

4:20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the³ twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

Yosua 3:12

3:12 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

Yosua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel⁴ and Ai.

Yosua 7:23

7:23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed⁵ it before the Lord.

Yosua 24:26

24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine.

Yosua 24:3

24:3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates⁶ and brought him into⁷ the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

Yosua 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches.⁸ Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi,⁹ son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches.¹⁰ The Lord was furious with the Israelites.¹¹

Yosua 6:18

6:18 But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.¹²

Yosua 4:3

4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests¹³ stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Yosua 7:11

7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment!¹⁴ They have taken some of the riches;¹⁵ they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.¹⁶

Yosua 2:4

2:4 But the woman hid the two men¹⁷ and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine,¹⁸ but I didn’t know where they came from.

Yosua 11:16

A Summary of Israel’s Victories

11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land,¹⁹ including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands,²⁰ the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,

Yosua 7:24

7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster.²¹

Yosua 7:21

7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon,²² two hundred silver pieces,²³ and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”

Yosua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!²⁴ Take the whole army with you and march against Ai!²⁵ See, I am handing over to you²⁶ the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Yosua 9:4

9:4 they did something clever. They collected some provisions²⁷ and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

Yosua 19:9

19:9 Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.²⁸

Yosua 11:23

11:23 Joshua conquered²⁹ the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses,³⁰ and he assigned Israel their tribal portions.³¹ Then the land was free of war.

Yosua 6:23

6:23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside³² the Israelite camp.

Yosua 11:19

11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);³³ they had to conquer all of them,³⁴

Yosua 6:22

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house³⁵ and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”³⁶

Yosua 8:27

8:27 But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord’s orders to Joshua.³⁷

Yosua 11:14

11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people³⁸ and allowed no one who breathed to live.

Yosua 8:7-8

8:7 Then you rise up from your hiding place³⁹ and seize⁴⁰ the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you. 8:8 When you capture the city, set it⁴¹ on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.”⁴²

Yosua 16:4

16:4 Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.⁴³

Yosua 8:19

8:19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked.⁴⁴ They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

Yosua 9:12

9:12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you,⁴⁵ but now it is dry and hard.⁴⁶

Yosua 18:3

18:3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying⁴⁷ the land the Lord God of your ancestors⁴⁸ has given you?

Yosua 4:8

4:8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.

Yosua 8:2

8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho⁴⁹ and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

Yosua 6:12

6:12 Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord.⁵⁰

Yosua 7:10

7:10 The Lord responded⁵¹ to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?⁵²

Yosua 8:21

8:21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke,⁵³ they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

Yosua 10:42

10:42 Joshua captured in one campaign⁵⁴ all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

Yosua 15:16-17

15:16 Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.” 15:17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother,⁵⁵ captured it, Caleb⁵⁶ gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

Yosua 17:12-13

17:12 But the men⁵⁷ of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed⁵⁸ to remain in those areas. 17:13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.⁵⁹

Yosua 9:11

9:11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them, “We are willing to be your subjects.⁶⁰ Make a treaty with us.”’

Yosua 19:47

19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory,⁶¹ so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it⁶² Dan after their ancestor.⁶³)

Yosua 3:2

3:2 After three days the leaders went through the camp

Yosua 5:2

A New Generation is Circumcised

5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.”⁶⁴

Yosua 6:24

6:24 But they burned⁶⁵ the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord’s house.⁶⁶

Yosua 7:22

7:22 Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath.⁶⁷

Yosua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they⁶⁸ captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

Yosua 10:35

10:35 That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they⁶⁹ annihilated it just as they⁷⁰ had done to Lachish.

Yosua 11:10

11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor,⁷¹ and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time⁷² the leader of all these kingdoms.

Yosua 11:12

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword,⁷³ as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.

Yosua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old,⁷⁴ the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Yosua 13:12

13:12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.)⁷⁵ Moses defeated them and took their lands.⁷⁶

Yosua 22:20

22:20 When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city’s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged,⁷⁷ though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!’”⁷⁸

Yosua 6:20

6:20 The rams’ horns sounded⁷⁹ and when the army⁸⁰ heard the signal,⁸¹ they gave a loud battle cry.⁸² The wall collapsed⁸³ and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.⁸⁴

Yosua 7:12-13

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation.⁸⁵ I will no longer be with you,⁸⁶ unless you destroy what has contaminated you.⁸⁷ 7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated,⁸⁸ O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”⁸⁹

Yosua 8:29

8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening.⁹⁰ At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree.⁹¹ They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).⁹²

Yosua 10:1

Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition

10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem,⁹³ heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho⁹⁴ and its king.⁹⁵ He also heard how⁹⁶ the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Yosua 10:28

Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign

10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho.⁹⁷

Yosua 10:37

10:37 They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they⁹⁸ left no survivors. As they⁹⁹ had done at Eglon, they¹⁰⁰ annihilated it and all who lived there.

Yosua 10:39

10:39 They¹⁰¹ captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they¹⁰² left no survivors. They¹⁰³ did to Debir and its king what they¹⁰⁴ had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.¹⁰⁵

Yosua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country¹⁰⁶ will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours.¹⁰⁷ You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

Yosua 18:7

18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord.¹⁰⁸ Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land¹⁰⁹ east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”

Yosua 22:19

22:19 But if your own land¹¹⁰ is impure,¹¹¹ cross over to the Lord’s own land,¹¹² where the Lord himself lives,¹¹³ and settle down among us.¹¹⁴ But don’t rebel against the Lord or us¹¹⁵ by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the Lord our God.

Yosua 24:15

24:15 If you have no desire¹¹⁶ to worship¹¹⁷ the Lord, choose today whom you will worship,¹¹⁸ whether it be the gods whom your ancestors¹¹⁹ worshiped¹²⁰ beyond the Euphrates,¹²¹ or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family¹²² will worship¹²³ the Lord!”

Yosua 9:24

9:24 They said to Joshua, “It was carefully reported to your subjects¹²⁴ how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified¹²⁵ we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

¹tn Heb “took.” This probably means they tasted some of the food to make sure it was stale.

²tn Heb “but they did not ask the mouth of the Lord.” This refers to seeking the Lord’s will and guidance through an oracle.

³tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.

⁴map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

⁵tn Heb “poured out,” probably referring to the way the silver pieces poured out of their container.

⁶tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Or “through.”

⁸tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

⁹tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).

¹⁰tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

¹¹tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

sn This incident illustrates well the principle of corporate solidarity and corporate guilt. The sin of one man brought the Lord’s anger down upon the entire nation.

¹²tn Heb “Only you keep [away] from what is set apart [to the Lord] so that you might not, as you are setting [it] apart, take some of what is set apart [to the Lord] and make the camp of Israel set apart [to destruction by the Lord] and bring trouble on it.”

¹³tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

¹⁴tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

¹⁵tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”

¹⁶tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”

¹⁷tn Heb “The woman took the two men and hid him.” The third masculine singular pronominal suffix on “hid” has to be a scribal error (see GKC §135.p).

¹⁸tn Heb “the men came to me.” See the note on this phrase in v. 3.

¹⁹tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”

²⁰tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

²¹tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

²²tn Heb “Shinar,” a reference to Babylon (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1). Many modern translations retain the Hebrew name “Shinar” (cf. NEB, NRSV) but some use the more familiar “Babylon” (cf. NIV, NLT).

²³tn Heb “shekels.”

²⁴tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

²⁵tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

²⁶tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

²⁷tc Heb “and they went and [?].” The root and meaning of the verb form יִצְטַיָּרוּ (yitstayyaru) are uncertain. The form is most likely a corruption of יִצְטַיָּדוּ (yitstayyadu), read by some Hebrew mss and ancient versions, from the root צוּד (tsud, “take provisions,” BDB 845 s.v. II צוד) which also occurs in v. 11. Note NRSV “they went and prepared provisions”; cf. NEB “They went and disguised themselves”; NIV “they went as a delegation.”

²⁸tn Heb “from the portion of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon for the portion of the sons of Judah was too large for them, and the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.”

²⁹tn Heb “took.”

³⁰tn Heb “according to all which the Lord said to Moses.” The translation assumes this refers to the promise of the land (see 1:3). Another possibility is that it refers to the Lord’s instructions, in which case the phrase could be translated, “just as the Lord had instructed Moses” (so NLT; cf. also NIV “had directed Moses”).

³¹tn Heb “and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotted portions by their tribes.”

³²tn Or “placed them outside.”

³³tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.

³⁴tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”

³⁵tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

³⁶tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”

³⁷tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.”

³⁸tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”

³⁹tn Heb “from the ambush.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “take possession of.”

⁴¹tn Heb “the city.”

⁴²tn Heb “I have commanded you.”

⁴³tn Or “received their inheritance.”

⁴⁴tn Heb “and ran.”

⁴⁵tn Heb “in the day we went out to come to you.”

⁴⁶tn Or “moldy.”

⁴⁷tn Heb “How long are you putting off entering and possessing.”

⁴⁸tn Or “fathers.”

⁴⁹map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

⁵⁰tn Heb “Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests picked up the ark of the Lord.”

⁵¹tn Heb “said.”

⁵²tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

⁵³tn Heb “and that the smoke of the city ascended.”

⁵⁴tn Heb “at one time.”

⁵⁵tn “Caleb’s brother” may refer either to Othniel or to Kenaz. If Kenaz was the brother of Caleb, Othniel is Caleb’s nephew.

⁵⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵⁷tn Heb “sons”; “men” has been used in the translation because the context involves the conquest of cities; therefore, warriors (hence males) would be in view here.

⁵⁸tn Or “were determined.”

⁵⁹sn On the Israelites’ failure to conquer the Canaanites completely, see Judg 1:27-28.

⁶⁰tn Heb “your servants.”

⁶¹tn Heb “the territory of the sons of Dan went out from them.”

⁶²tn Heb “Leshem.” The pronoun (“it”) has replaced the name “Leshem” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶³tn Heb “according to the name of their father.”

⁶⁴tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.

⁶⁵tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

⁶⁶tn Heb “the treasury of the house of the Lord.” Technically the Lord did not have a “house” yet, so perhaps this refers to the tabernacle using later terminology.

⁶⁷tn Heb “Look, [it was] hidden in his tent, and the silver was beneath it.”

⁶⁸tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁶⁹tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁷⁰tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁷¹map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

⁷²tn Or “formerly.”

⁷³tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”

⁷⁴tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

⁷⁵tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”

sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.

⁷⁶tn Or “dispossessed them.”

⁷⁷tn Heb “Is it not [true that] Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord] and against all the assembly of Israel there was anger?”

⁷⁸tn The second half of the verse reads literally, “and he [was] one man, he did not die for his sin.” There are at least two possible ways to explain this statement: (1) One might interpret the statement to mean that Achan was not the only person who died for his sin. In this case it could be translated, “and he was not the only one to die because of his sin.” (2) Another option, the one reflected in the translation, is to take the words וְהוּא אִישׁ אֶחָד (vÿhu’ ’ish ’ekhad, “and he [was] one man”) as a concessive clause and join it with what precedes. The remaining words (לֹא גָוַע בַּעֲוֹנוֹ, lo’ gava’ ba’avono) must then be taken as a rhetorical question (“Did he not die for his sin?”). Taking the last sentence as interrogative is consistent with the first part of the verse, a rhetorical question introduced with the interrogative particle. The present translation has converted these rhetorical questions into affirmative statements to bring out more clearly the points they are emphasizing. For further discussion, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 240.

⁷⁹tc Heb “and the people shouted and they blew the rams’ horns.” The initial statement (“and the people shouted”) seems premature, since the verse goes on to explain that the battle cry followed the blowing of the horns. The statement has probably been accidentally duplicated from what follows. It is omitted in the LXX.

⁸⁰tn Heb “the people.”

⁸¹tn Heb “the sound of the horn.”

⁸²tn Heb “they shouted with a loud shout.”

⁸³tn Heb “fell in its place.”

⁸⁴tn Heb “and the people went up into the city, each one straight ahead, and they captured the city.”

⁸⁵tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

⁸⁶tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

⁸⁷tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

⁸⁸tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

⁸⁹tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

⁹⁰tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹¹sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.

⁹²tn Heb “to this day.”

⁹³map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁹⁴map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

⁹⁵tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

⁹⁶tn Heb “and how.”

⁹⁷map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

⁹⁸tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

⁹⁹tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰⁰tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰¹tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰²tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰³tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰⁴tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).

¹⁰⁵tn Heb “as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, and as he did to Libnah and its king.” The clauses have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰⁶tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

¹⁰⁷tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”

¹⁰⁸tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

¹⁰⁹tn Or “inheritance.”

¹¹⁰tn Heb “the land of your possession.”

¹¹¹sn The western tribes here imagine a possible motive for the action of the eastern tribes. T. C. Butler explains the significance of the land’s “impurity”: “East Jordan is impure because it is not Yahweh’s possession. Rather it is simply ‘your possession.’ That means it is land where Yahweh does not live, land which his presence has not sanctified and purified” (Joshua [WBC], 247).

¹¹²tn Heb “the land of the possession of the Lord.”

¹¹³tn Heb “where the dwelling place of the Lord resides.”

sn The phrase where the Lord himself lives refers to the tabernacle.

¹¹⁴tn Heb “and take for yourselves in our midst.”

¹¹⁵tc Heb “and us to you rebel.” The reading of the MT, the accusative sign with suffix (וְאֹתָנוּ, vÿ’otanu), is problematic with the verb “rebel” (מָרַד, marad). Many Hebrew mss correctly read the negative particle אַל (’al) for the preposition אֶל (’el, “to”).

¹¹⁶tn Heb “if it is bad in your eyes.”

¹¹⁷tn Or “to serve.”

¹¹⁸tn Or “will serve.”

¹¹⁹tn Heb “your fathers.”

¹²⁰tn Or “served.”

¹²¹tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

¹²²tn Heb “house.”

¹²³tn Or “will serve.”

¹²⁴tn Heb “your servants.”

¹²⁵tn Or “we were very afraid.”

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