Joshua 2:5

2:5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. ¹  I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

Joshua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! ²  Israelite men have come here tonight ³  to spy on the land.”

Joshua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ⁴  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ⁵ 

Joshua 17:1

17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. ⁶  The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. ⁷  They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. ⁸ 

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

² tn Or “look.”

³ tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵ tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”

⁷ tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”

⁸ tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”