18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. 4 Though they had subdued the land, 5 18:2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. 6
6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”
1 tn Heb “the
2 tc Some scholars, on the basis of v. 11, emend the MT reading שִׁכְנוֹ (shikhno, “his residence”) to the infinitive construct לְשָׁכֵן (lÿshakhen, “to make [his name] to dwell”), perhaps with the 3rd person masculine singular sf לְשַׁכְּנוֹ (lÿshakÿno, “to cause it to dwell”). Though the presupposed nounשֵׁכֶן (shekhen) is nowhere else attested, the parallel here with שַׁמָּה (shammah, “there”) favors retaining the MT as it stands.
3 tn Heb “heave offerings of your hand.”
4 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”
5 tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”
6 tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”