Numbers 13:21

The Spies’ Activities

13:21 So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, ¹  at the entrance of Hamath. ² 

Joshua 13:5

13:5 the territory of Byblos ³  and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ⁴ 

Joshua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old, ⁵  the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Joshua 8:1-3

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁶  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ⁷  See, I am handing over to you ⁸  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land. 8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho ⁹  and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ¹⁰  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

[13:21]  ¹ sn Zin is on the southern edge of the land, but Rehob is far north, near Mount Hermon. The spies covered all the land.

[13:21]  ² tn The idiom uses the infinitive construct: “to enter Hamath,” meaning, “on the way that people go to Hamath.”

[13:5]  ³ tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”

[13:5]  ⁴ tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”

[13:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[8:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[8:3]  ¹⁰ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”