2 Samuel 15:34

15:34 But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’

Exodus 1:19

1:19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew ¹  women are not like the Egyptian women – for the Hebrew women ²  are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!” ³ 

Joshua 2:4-5

2:4 But the woman hid the two men ⁴  and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, ⁵  but I didn’t know where they came from. 2:5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. ⁶  I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

Joshua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ⁷  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ⁸  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ⁹ 

Joshua 19:14-17

19:14 It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. 19:15 Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; ¹⁰  in all they had twelve cities and their towns. ¹¹  19:16 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun ¹²  by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

Issachar’s Tribal Lands

19:17 The fourth lot belonged to the tribe of Issachar ¹³  by its clans.

Joshua 21:2

21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

Joshua 1:11-12

1:11 “Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’” ¹⁴ 

1:12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

¹ sn See further N. Lemche, “‘Hebrew’ as a National Name for Israel,” ST 33 (1979): 1-23.

² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Hebrew women) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “before the midwife comes to them (and) they give birth.” The perfect tense with the vav consecutive serves as the apodosis to the preceding temporal clause; it has the frequentative nuance (see GKC 337-38 §112.oo).

¹ tn 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).

² tn Heb “the men came to me.” See the note on this phrase in v. 3.

¹ tn Heb “And the gate was to be shut in the darkness and the men went out.”

¹ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

² tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

³ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

² tn Heb “Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem, twelve cities and their towns.” The words “their territory included” and “in all they had” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹ tn Heb “this is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun.”

¹ tn Heb “the fourth lot came out for the sons of Issachar.”

¹ tn Heb “to enter to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving to you to possess it.”