Yosua 5:5

5:5 Now ¹  all the men ²  who left were circumcised, but all the sons ³  born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

Yosua 7:5

7:5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures ⁴  and defeated them on the steep slope. ⁵  The people’s ⁶  courage melted away like water. ⁷ 

Yosua 21:3

21:3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

¹ tn Or “indeed.”

² tn Heb “people.”

³ tn Heb “all the people.”

⁴ tn The meaning and correct translation of the Hebrew word שְׁבָרִים (shÿvarim) is uncertain. The translation “fissures” is based on usage of the plural form of the noun in Ps 60:4 HT (60:2 ET), where it appears to refer to cracks in the earth caused by an earthquake. Perhaps deep ravines or gorges are in view, or the word is a proper noun (“all the way to Shebarim”).

⁵ sn The precise geographical location of the Israelite defeat at this “steep slope” is uncertain.

⁶ tn Or “army’s.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the heart of the people melted and became water.”