Joshua 19:46

19:46 the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa.

Joshua 18:18

18:18 It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah.

Joshua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe 1  of Judah. This is the western border. 2 

Joshua 18:16

18:16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

Joshua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near 3  Jericho, 4  he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. 5  Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” 6 

Joshua 7:6

7:6 Joshua tore his clothes; 7  he and the leaders 8  of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening 9  and threw dirt on their heads. 10 

Joshua 8:11

8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. 11  They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. 12 

Joshua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. 13  But he did not realize 14  men were hiding behind the city. 15 

Joshua 8:33

8:33 All the people, 16  rulers, 17  leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. 18  Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. 19 

1 tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

2 tn Or “side.”

1 tn Heb “in.”

2 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

3 tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

4 tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

1 sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).

2 tn Or “elders.”

3 tn Heb “and fell on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel.”

4 sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).

1 tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

2 tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

1 tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

2 tn Or “know.”

3 tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

1 tn Heb “All Israel.”

2 tn Or “elders.”

3 tn Heb “like the resident alien, like the citizen.” The language is idiomatic, meaning that both groups were treated the same, at least in this instance.

4 tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”