Joshua 5:3

5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.

Joshua 15:17

15:17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

Joshua 24:25

24:25 That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.


tn Or “Gibeath Haaraloth.” This name means “Hill of the Foreskins.” Many modern translations simply give the Hebrew name, although an explanatory note giving the meaning of the name is often included.

tn “Caleb’s brother” may refer either to Othniel or to Kenaz. If Kenaz was the brother of Caleb, Othniel is Caleb’s nephew.

tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.”