Joshua 3:11

3:11 Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.

Joshua 5:8

5:8 When all the men had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.

Joshua 8:26

8:26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

Joshua 10:41

10:41 Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.

Joshua 15:32

15:32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon – a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns.

Joshua 16:9

16:9 Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

Joshua 21:26

21:26 The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

Joshua 21:33

21:33 The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

Joshua 21:40

21:40 The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.


tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”

tn Heb “nation.”

tn Heb “Joshua did not draw back his hand which held out the curved sword until he had annihilated all the residents of Ai.”

tn Heb “and Joshua struck them down, from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, even to Gibeon.”

tn The total number of names in the list is thirty-six, not twenty-nine. Perhaps (1) some of the names are alternatives (though the text appears to delineate clearly such alternative names here and elsewhere, see vv. 8, 9, 10, 13, 25b) or (2), more likely, later scribes added to a list originally numbering twenty-nine and failed to harmonize the concluding summary statement with the expanded list.

tn Heb “and the cities set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their towns.”