Yosua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! ¹  Israelite men have come here tonight ²  to spy on the land.”

Yosua 5:9

5:9 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away ³  the disgrace ⁴  of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal ⁵  even to this day.

Yosua 13:32

13:32 These are the land assignments made by Moses ⁶  on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. ⁷ 

Yosua 15:15

15:15 From there he attacked the people of Debir. ⁸  (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

Yosua 15:17

15:17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, ⁹  captured it, Caleb ¹⁰  gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

Yosua 19:2

19:2 Their assigned land included ¹¹  Beer Sheba, ¹²  Moladah,

Yosua 24:5

24:5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. ¹³  Then I brought you out.

[2:2]  ¹ tn Or “look.”

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

[5:9]  ³ tn Heb “rolled away.”

[5:9]  ⁴ sn One might take the disgrace of Egypt as a reference to their uncircumcised condition (see Gen 34:14), but the generation that left Egypt was circumcised (see v. 5). It more likely refers to the disgrace they experienced in Egyptian slavery. When this new generation reached the promised land and renewed their covenantal commitment to the Lord by submitting to the rite of circumcision, the Lord’s deliverance of his people from slavery, which had begun with the plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, reached its climax. See T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 59.

[5:9]  ⁵ sn The name Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew verb “roll away” (גַּלַל, galal).

[13:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “These are [the lands] which Moses gave as an inheritance.”

[13:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[13:32]  map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[15:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “he went up against the inhabitants of Debir.”

[15:17]  ⁹ tn “Caleb’s brother” may refer either to Othniel or to Kenaz. If Kenaz was the brother of Caleb, Othniel is Caleb’s nephew.

[15:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they had in their inheritance.”

[19:2]  ¹² tc The MT has “and Sheba” listed after “Beer Sheba.” The LXX suggests “Shema.” The Hebrew text appears to be corrupt, since the form “Sheba” duplicates the latter part of the preceding name. If Sheba (or Shema) is retained, the list numbers fourteen, one more than the number given in the concluding summary (v. 6).

[24:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “by that which I did in its midst.”