Joshua 20:8

20:8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho ¹  they selected ²  Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 20:1

Israel Designates Cities of Refuge

20:1 The Lord instructed Joshua:

Joshua 22:3

22:3 You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites ³  this entire time, ⁴  right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God. ⁵ 

Joshua 22:1

Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes

22:1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ⁶  was shut tightly ⁷  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ⁸ 

¹ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

² tn Or “set aside.”

³ tn Heb “your brothers” (also in vv. 4, 7), but this does not refer to siblings or necessarily even to relatives. It refers to the Israelites of the remaining tribes.

⁴ tn Heb “these many days.”

⁵ tn Heb “you have kept the charge of the command of the Lord your God.”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁷ tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

⁸ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”