Joshua 21:38

21:38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

Joshua 21:1

Levitical Cities

21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

Joshua 4:13

4:13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the Lord to fight on the plains of Jericho.

Joshua 22:3-4

22:3 You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God. 22:4 Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes in your own land which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.

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 10  was shut tightly 11  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. 12 


tn Heb “men equipped for battle.”

tn Heb “for war.”

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

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.

tn Heb “these many days.”

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

tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”

tn Heb “tents.”

tn Heb “the land of your possession.”

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

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

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