Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ¹  was shut tightly ²  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ³ 

Joshua 18:7

18:7 But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. ⁴  Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land ⁵  east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned them.”

Joshua 22:25

22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ⁶  In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying ⁷  the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ⁸  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ⁹  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ¹⁰  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹¹ 

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

[6:1]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”

[18:7]  ⁴ tn Or “the priesthood of the Lord.”

[18:7]  ⁵ tn Or “inheritance.”

[22:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “fearing.”

[22:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ¹² tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ¹³ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”