Numbers 4:15

4:15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished ¹  covering ²  the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then ³  the Kohathites will come to carry them; ⁴  but they must not touch ⁵  any ⁶  holy thing, or they will die. ⁷  These are the responsibilities ⁸  of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.

Joshua 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God ⁹  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here ¹⁰  and walk ¹¹  behind it.

Joshua 3:14-17

3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ¹²  ahead of them. 3:15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface ¹³  of the water – (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) ¹⁴  – 3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ¹⁵  It piled up far upstream ¹⁶  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ¹⁷  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ¹⁸  3:17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side. ¹⁹ 

Joshua 6:12

6:12 Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord. ²⁰ 

Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ²¹  was shut tightly ²²  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ²³ 

Joshua 8:3

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ²⁴  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

Joshua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ²⁵  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ²⁶  See, I am handing over to you ²⁷  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 15:2

15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, ²⁸ 

Joshua 15:12-15

15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. ²⁹  These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. ³⁰ 

15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.) ³¹  15:14 Caleb drove out ³²  from there three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. 15:15 From there he attacked the people of Debir. ³³  (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

[4:15]  ¹ tn The verb form is the Piel perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive; it continues the future sequence, but in this verse forms a subordinate clause to the parallel sequential verb to follow.

[4:15]  ² tn The Piel infinitive construct with the preposition serves as the direct object of the preceding verbal form, answering the question of what it was that they finished.

[4:15]  ³ tn Heb “after this.”

[4:15]  ⁴ tn The form is the Qal infinitive construct from נָשָׂא (nasa’, “to lift, carry”); here it indicates the purpose clause after the verb “come.”

[4:15]  ⁵ tn The imperfect tense may be given the nuance of negated instruction (“they are not to”) or negated obligation (“they must not”).

[4:15]  ⁶ tn Here the article expresses the generic idea of any holy thing (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 19, §92).

[4:15]  ⁷ tn The verb is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, following the imperfect tense warning against touching the holy thing. The form shows the consequence of touching the holy thing, and so could be translated “or they will die” or “lest they die.” The first is stronger.

[4:15]  ⁸ tn The word מַשָּׂא (massa’) is normally rendered “burden,” especially in prophetic literature. It indicates the load that one must carry, whether an oracle, or here the physical responsibility.

[3:3]  ⁹ sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

[3:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “set out from your place.”

[3:3]  ¹¹ tn Or “march.”

[3:14]  ¹² tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

[3:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”

[3:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”

[3:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

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

[3:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

[3:16]  ¹⁸ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[3:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and all Israel was crossing over on dry ground until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

[6:12]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests picked up the ark of the Lord.”

[6:1]  ²¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[6:1]  ²² tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

[6:1]  ²³ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”

[8:3]  ²⁴ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[8:1]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ²⁷ 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.

[15:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[15:12]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[15:12]  ³⁰ tn Heb “this was the border of the sons of Judah round about, by their clans.”

[15:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath Arba (the father of Anak), it is Hebron.”

[15:14]  ³² tn Or “dispossessed.”

[15:15]  ³³ tn Heb “he went up against the inhabitants of Debir.”