Joshua 8:29

8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. ¹  At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. ²  They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). ³ 

Joshua 8:33

8:33 All the people, ⁴  rulers, ⁵  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. ⁶  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. ⁷ 

Joshua 9:24

9:24 They said to Joshua, “It was carefully reported to your subjects ⁸  how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified ⁹  we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

[8:29]  ¹ tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:29]  ² sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.

[8:29]  ³ tn Heb “to this day.”

[8:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “All Israel.”

[8:33]  ⁵ tn Or “elders.”

[8:33]  ⁶ tn 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”

[9:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “your servants.”

[9:24]  ⁸ tn Or “we were very afraid.”