Joshua 4:12
4:12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.
Joshua 9:21-22
9:21 The leaders then added,
1 “Let them live.” So they became
2 woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.
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9:22 4 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites 5 and said to them, “Why did you trick 6 us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? 7
Joshua 21:2
21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The
Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”
Joshua 22:2
22:2 and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the
Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.
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1 tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”
2 tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.
3 tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”
1 sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.
2 tn Heb “them.”
3 tn Or “deceive.”
4 tn Heb “live in our midst?”
1 tn Heb “You have kept all which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, and you have listened to my voice, to all which I commanded you.”