Joshua 7:24-26

7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. ¹  7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster ²  on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) ³  7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day ⁴ ) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

Joshua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ⁵  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ⁶ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 21:1-9

Levitical Cities

21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders 21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.” 21:3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

21:4 The first lot belonged to ⁷  the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 21:5 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 21:6 Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 21:7 Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 21:8 So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

21:9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

Joshua 21:1

Levitical Cities

21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

Joshua 14:9-10

14:9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: ⁸  ‘Surely the land on which you walked ⁹  will belong to you and your descendants permanently, ¹⁰  for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.’ 14:10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

Joshua 16:1-3

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ¹¹  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ¹²  16:2 The southern border ¹³  extended from Bethel to Luz, ¹⁴  and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth. 16:3 It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea.

Joshua 21:21-24

21:21 They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer, 21:22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities. 21:23 From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 21:24 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Joshua 21:2

21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

Joshua 9:26

9:26 Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them ¹⁵ 

Matthew 23:32-36

23:32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! 23:33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? ¹⁶ 

23:34 “For this reason I ¹⁷  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ¹⁸  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ¹⁹  and some you will flog ²⁰  in your synagogues ²¹  and pursue from town to town, 23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, ²²  whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 23:36 I tell you the truth, ²³  this generation will be held responsible for all these things! ²⁴ 

Matthew 27:25

27:25 In ²⁵  reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

[7:24]  ¹ tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

[7:25]  ² tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

[7:25]  ³ tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

[7:26]  ⁴ tc Heb “to this day.” The phrase “to this day” is omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition.

[7:2]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:2]  ⁶ map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[21:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “came out for.”

[14:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “swore an oath.”

[14:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”

[14:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”

[16:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:1]  ¹² 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.”

[16:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the southern border) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ¹⁴ tn In the Hebrew text the place name “Luz” has the directive ending, indicating that the border went from Bethel to Luz. Elsewhere Luz and Bethel appear to be names for the same site (cf. Judg 1:23), but here they appear to be distinct. Note that the NIV translates “from Bethel (that is, Luz)” here, following the reading of the LXX, εἰς Βαιθηλ Λουζα (eis Baiqhl Louza, “from Bethel [Luz]”).

[9:26]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “And he did to them so and he rescued them from the hand of the sons of Israel and they did not kill them.”

[23:33]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the judgment of Gehenna.”

[23:34]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “behold I am sending.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[23:34]  ¹⁸ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:34]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[23:34]  ²⁰ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[23:34]  ²¹ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[23:35]  ²² sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).

[23:36]  ²³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[23:36]  ²⁴ tn Grk “all these things will come on this generation.”

[27:25]  ²⁵ tn Grk “answering, all the people said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.