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 3:6

3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Joshua 6:6

6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”

Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ⁹  was shut tightly ¹⁰  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ¹¹ 

Joshua 8:3

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ¹²  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! ¹³  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ¹⁴  See, I am handing over to you ¹⁵  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, ¹⁶ 

Joshua 15:12-14

15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. ¹⁷  These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. ¹⁸ 

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.) ¹⁹  15:14 Caleb drove out ²⁰  from there three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

[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.

[6:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[6:1]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”

[8:3]  ¹² tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[15:12]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[15:12]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “this was the border of the sons of Judah round about, by their clans.”

[15:13]  ¹⁹ 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]  ²⁰ tn Or “dispossessed.”