Joshua 8:11

Context
8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city.¹ They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.²

Joshua 3:16

Context
3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing.³ It piled up far upstream⁴ at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea).⁵ The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.⁶

Joshua 8:35

Context
8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given⁷ before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.⁸

Joshua 8:33

Context
8:33 All the people,⁹ rulers,¹⁰ leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there.¹¹ Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.¹²

[8:11] ¹tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

[8:11] ²tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

[3:16] ³tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

[3:16] ⁴tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

[3:16] ⁵tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

[3:16] ⁶map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[8:35] ⁵tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”

[8:35] ⁶tn Heb “walked in their midst.”

[8:33] ⁷tn Heb “All Israel.”

[8:33] ⁸tn Or “elders.”

[8:33] ⁹tn Heb “like the resident alien, like the citizen.” The language is idiomatic, meaning that both groups were treated the same, at least in this instance.

[8:33] ¹⁰tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”