Yosua 9:21

9:21 The leaders then added, ¹  “Let them live.” So they became ²  woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. ³ 

Yosua 14:8

14:8 My countrymen ⁴  who accompanied ⁵  me frightened the people, ⁶  but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. ⁷ 

[9:21]  ¹ tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”

[9:21]  ² tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.

[9:21]  ³ tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “brothers.”

[14:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “went up with.”

[14:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”

[14:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.