Joshua 8:11

8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. ¹  They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. ² 

Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ³  It piled up far upstream ⁴  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ⁵  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ⁶ 

Joshua 8:35

8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given ⁷  before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. ⁸ 

Joshua 8:33

8:33 All the people, ⁹  rulers, ¹⁰  leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. ¹¹  Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

² tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

³ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

⁴ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

⁵ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

⁶ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵ tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”

⁶ tn Heb “walked in their midst.”

⁷ tn Heb “All Israel.”

⁸ tn Or “elders.”

⁹ tn Heb “like the resident alien, like the citizen.” The language is idiomatic, meaning that both groups were treated the same, at least in this instance.

¹⁰ tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”