Joshua 6:20

6:20 The rams’ horns sounded ¹  and when the army ²  heard the signal, ³  they gave a loud battle cry. ⁴  The wall collapsed ⁵  and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it. ⁶ 

Joshua 20:4

20:4 The one who committed manslaughter ⁷  should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. ⁸  They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there. ⁹ 

[6:20]  ¹ tc Heb “and the people shouted and they blew the rams’ horns.” The initial statement (“and the people shouted”) seems premature, since the verse goes on to explain that the battle cry followed the blowing of the horns. The statement has probably been accidentally duplicated from what follows. It is omitted in the LXX.

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “the sound of the horn.”

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “they shouted with a loud shout.”

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “fell in its place.”

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the people went up into the city, each one straight ahead, and they captured the city.”

[20:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”

[20:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”