Joshua 2:7

2:7 Meanwhile¹ the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River² near the fords.³ The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.⁴

Joshua 2:16

2:16 She told them, “Head⁵ to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you.⁶ Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you⁷ to return. Then you can be on your way.”

Joshua 2:22

2:22 They went⁸ to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them⁹ to return. Their pursuers¹⁰ looked all along the way but did not find them.¹¹

Joshua 5:4-5

5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.¹² 5:5 Now¹³ all the men¹⁴ who left were circumcised, but all the sons¹⁵ born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

Joshua 5:7

5:7 He replaced them with their sons,¹⁶ whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.

Joshua 9:13

9:13 These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.”

Joshua 10:10

10:10 The Lord routed¹⁷ them before Israel. Israel¹⁸ thoroughly defeated them¹⁹ at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass²⁰ of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua 12:3

12:3 His kingdom included²¹ the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth²² to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea),²³ including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

¹tn Another way to translate vv. 6-7 would be, “While she took them up to the roof and hid them…, the king’s men tried to find them….” Both of the main clauses have the subject prior to the predicate, perhaps indicating simultaneous action. (On the grammatical point, see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 42, §235.) In this case Rahab moves the Israelite spies from the hiding place referred to in v. 4 to a safer and less accessible hiding place.

²tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.

³tn Heb “And the men chased after them [on] the road [leading to] the Jordan to the fords.” The text is written from the perspective of the king’s men. As far as they were concerned, they were chasing the spies.

⁴tn Heb “And they shut the gate after – as soon as the ones chasing after them went out.” The expressions “after” and “as soon as” may represent a conflation of alternate readings.

⁵tn Heb “Go.”

⁶tn Heb “so that the pursuers might not meet you.”

⁷tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“you”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

⁹tn Heb “they went and came.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.

¹¹tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.

¹²tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”

¹³tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”

¹⁷tn Or “indeed.”

¹⁸tn Heb “people.”

¹⁹tn Heb “all the people.”

²¹tn Heb “their sons he raised up in their place.”

²⁵tn Or “caused to panic.”

²⁶tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Israel (mentioned at the end of the previous sentence in the verse; cf. NIV, NRSV), but it is also possible that the Lord should be understood as the referent (cf. NASB “and He slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon”), or even Joshua (cf. NEB “and Joshua defeated them utterly in Gibeon”).

²⁷tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

²⁸tn Or “ascent.”

²⁹tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³⁰sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

³¹sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.