Joshua 16:10

16:10 The Ephraimites ¹  did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Joshua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ²  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ³ 

Joshua 9:15-17

9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community ⁴  sealed it with an oath. ⁵ 

9:16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. ⁶  9:17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁷  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁸  and all along the Mediterranean coast ⁹  as far as ¹⁰  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ¹¹  was shut tightly ¹²  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ¹³ 

[16:10]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:1]  ³ tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Or “assembly.”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”

[9:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.”

[9:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[9:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[9:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in front of.”

[6:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[6:1]  ¹² tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

[6:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”