Joshua 10:18

10:18 Joshua said, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it. ¹ 

Joshua 10:22

10:22 Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings ²  out of the cave to me.”

Joshua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ³  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “and appoint by it men to guard them.”

² tn Heb “these five kings.”

³ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

⁴ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.