4:10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,
6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, 13 the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.
14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. 14
19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders 18 made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 19 So they finished dividing up the land.
21:4 The first lot belonged to 24 the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
22:13 The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, 25 they were satisfied. 26
22:32 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. 27
1 sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.
2 tn Heb “set out from your place.”
3 tn Or “march.”
4 tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”
5 tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”
6 tn Or “rest in.”
7 tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”
7 tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”
8 tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”
10 tn Heb “and all Israel was crossing over on dry ground until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”
13 tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”
16 tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.
19 tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”
22 tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”
25 tn Heb “The
26 tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.
27 tn Heb “and he assigned to them in accordance with the mouth [i.e., command] of the
28 tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”
29 tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”
31 tn Or “live.”
32 tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”
33 tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”
34 tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”
34 tn Heb “came out for.”
37 tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”
38 tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”
40 tn Heb “and Phinehas…returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel. And they brought back to them a word.”