Yosua 2:7

2:7 Meanwhile ¹  the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River ²  near the fords. ³  The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them. ⁴ 

Yosua 6:4

6:4 Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns ⁵  in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

Yosua 6:13

6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.

Yosua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ⁶  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ⁷ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Yosua 8:5

8:5 I and all the troops ⁸  who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

Yosua 8:35

8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given ⁹  before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. ¹⁰ 

Yosua 9:9

9:9 They told him, “Your subjects ¹¹  have come from a very distant land because of the reputation ¹²  of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt ¹³ 

Yosua 9:22

9:22 ¹⁴ Joshua summoned the Gibeonites ¹⁵  and said to them, “Why did you trick ¹⁶  us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? ¹⁷ 

Yosua 14:4

14:4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions. ¹⁸ 

Yosua 18:9

18:9 The men journeyed ¹⁹  through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Yosua 19:29

19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, ²⁰  turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

Yosua 21:34

21:34 They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

Yosua 22:26

22:26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

[2:7]  ¹ tn Another way to translate vv. 6-7 would be, “While she took them up to the roof and hid them…, the king’s men tried to find them….” Both of the main clauses have the subject prior to the predicate, perhaps indicating simultaneous action. (On the grammatical point, see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 42, §235.) In this case Rahab moves the Israelite spies from the hiding place referred to in v. 4 to a safer and less accessible hiding place.

[2:7]  ² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “And the men chased after them [on] the road [leading to] the Jordan to the fords.” The text is written from the perspective of the king’s men. As far as they were concerned, they were chasing the spies.

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “And they shut the gate after – as soon as the ones chasing after them went out.” The expressions “after” and “as soon as” may represent a conflation of alternate readings.

[6:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “rams’ horns, trumpets.”

[7:2]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:2]  ⁷ map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “the people.”

[8:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”

[8:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “walked in their midst.”

[9:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “servants.”

[9:9]  ¹² tn Heb “name.”

[9:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “the report about him, all that he did in Egypt.”

[9:22]  ¹⁴ sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

[9:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “them.”

[9:22]  ¹⁶ tn Or “deceive.”

[9:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “live in our midst?”

[14:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”

[18:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “went and passed through.”

[19:29]  ²⁰ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.