Joshua 3:8

3:8 Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, ¹  wade into the water.’” ² 

Joshua 9:21

9:21 The leaders then added, ³  “Let them live.” So they became ⁴  woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. ⁵ 

Joshua 9:23

9:23 Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” ⁶ 

Joshua 9:27

9:27 and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.) ⁷ 

Joshua 11:5

11:5 All these kings gathered and joined forces ⁸  at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.

Joshua 11:7

11:7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. ⁹ 

Joshua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ¹⁰  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ¹¹ 

Joshua 18:15

18:15 The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

[3:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the edge of the waters of the Jordan.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “stand in the Jordan.” Here the repetition of the word “Jordan” would be redundant according to contemporary English style, so it was not included in the translation.

[9:21]  ³ tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”

[9:21]  ⁴ tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.

[9:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”

[9:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “Now you are cursed and a servant will not be cut off from you, woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

[9:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Joshua made them in that day woodcutters and water carriers for the community, and for the altar of the Lord to this day at the place which he chooses.”

[11:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “and came and camped together.”

[11:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them at the Waters of Merom suddenly and fell upon them.”

[16:1]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:1]  ¹⁴ 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.”