Joshua 5:10

5:10 So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho. ¹ 

Joshua 10:26

10:26 Then Joshua executed them ²  and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.

Joshua 7:6

7:6 Joshua tore his clothes; ³  he and the leaders ⁴  of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening ⁵  and threw dirt on their heads. ⁶ 

Joshua 8:29

8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. ⁷  At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. ⁸  They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). ⁹ 

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

² tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”

³ sn Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13).

⁴ tn Or “elders.”

⁵ tn Heb “and fell on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel.”

⁶ sn Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10; Ezek 27:30).

⁴ tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.

⁶ tn Heb “to this day.”