Joshua 2:21

2:21 She said, “I agree to these conditions.” ¹  She sent them on their way ²  and then tied the red rope in the window.

Joshua 5:9

5:9 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away ³  the disgrace ⁴  of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal ⁵  even to this day.

Joshua 10:23

10:23 They did as ordered; ⁶  they brought the five kings ⁷  out of the cave to him – the kings of Jerusalem, ⁸  Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

[2:21]  ¹ tn Heb “According to your words, so it [will be].”

[2:21]  ² tn Heb “she sent them away and they went.”

[5:9]  ³ tn Heb “rolled away.”

[5:9]  ⁴ sn One might take the disgrace of Egypt as a reference to their uncircumcised condition (see Gen 34:14), but the generation that left Egypt was circumcised (see v. 5). It more likely refers to the disgrace they experienced in Egyptian slavery. When this new generation reached the promised land and renewed their covenantal commitment to the Lord by submitting to the rite of circumcision, the Lord’s deliverance of his people from slavery, which had begun with the plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, reached its climax. See T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 59.

[5:9]  ⁵ sn The name Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew verb “roll away” (גַּלַל, galal).

[10:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “they did so.”

[10:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “these five kings.”

[10:23]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.