Joshua 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ¹  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ²  and walk ³  behind it.

Joshua 3:6

3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Joshua 3:13

3:13 When the feet ⁴  of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler ⁵  of the whole earth, touch ⁶  the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.” ⁷ 

Joshua 3:15

3:15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface ⁸  of the water – (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) ⁹  –

Joshua 3:17

3:17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 4:3

4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ¹¹  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Joshua 4:9-10

4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ¹²  in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

4:10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

Joshua 6:8

6:8 When Joshua gave the army its orders, ¹³  the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind.

Joshua 6:13

6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.

Joshua 14:1

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ¹⁴ 

Joshua 17:4

17:4 They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” ¹⁵  So Joshua ¹⁶  assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. ¹⁷ 

Joshua 19:51

19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders ¹⁸  made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ¹⁹  So they finished dividing up the land.

Joshua 20:6

20:6 He must remain ²⁰  in that city until his case is decided by the assembly ²¹  and the high priest dies. ²²  Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.” ²³ 

Joshua 21:4

21:4 The first lot belonged to ²⁴  the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Joshua 22:13

22:13 The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 22:30

22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ²⁵  they were satisfied. ²⁶ 

Joshua 22:32

22:32 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. ²⁷ 

[3:3]  ¹ sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

[3:3]  ² tn Heb “set out from your place.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Or “march.”

[3:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”

[3:13]  ⁵ tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”

[3:13]  ⁶ tn Or “rest in.”

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”

[3:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”

[3:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”

[3:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and all Israel was crossing over on dry ground until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

[4:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”

[4:9]  ¹⁶ tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

[6:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “when Joshua spoke to the people.”

[14:1]  ²² tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

[17:4]  ²⁵ tn Heb “The Lord commanded Moses to assign to us an inheritance in the midst of our brothers.” Since Zelophehad had no sons, “brothers” must refer to their uncles, as the next sentence makes clear.

[17:4]  ²⁶ tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.

[17:4]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and he assigned to them in accordance with the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father.”

[19:51]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”

[19:51]  ²⁹ tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”

[20:6]  ³¹ tn Or “live.”

[20:6]  ³² tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”

[20:6]  ³³ tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”

[20:6]  ³⁴ tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”

[21:4]  ³⁴ tn Heb “came out for.”

[22:30]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:30]  ³⁸ tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”

[22:32]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “and Phinehas…returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel. And they brought back to them a word.”