¹ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

¹ tn Heb “the sons,” here referring to the tribe.

² tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A6&tab=notes" ver="">18 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A6&tab=notes" ver="">7).

² tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A6&tab=notes" ver="">17 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A6&tab=notes" ver="">7).

² tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

² sn The Lord’s dwelling place here refers to the tabernacle.

³ tn Heb “for the Lord has given to you the city.” The verbal form is a perfect, probably indicating certitude here.

³ sn For an excellent discussion of Joshua’s logical argument here, see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 274-75.

¹ sn This law scroll must not leave your lips. The ancient practice of reading aloud to oneself as an aid to memorization is in view here.

² tn Heb “stand in the Jordan.” Here the repetition of the word “Jordan” would be redundant according to contemporary English style, so it was not included in the translation.

² tn Heb “and he selected Zabdi.” The Lord is the apparent subject. The LXX supports reading a passive (Niphal) form here, as does the immediate context.

² tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”

¹ tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.

¹ tn Heb “Libnah.” Repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style, so the pronoun (“it”) has been employed in the translation.

¹ tn Heb “sons”; “men” has been used in the translation because the context involves the conquest of cities; therefore, warriors (hence males) would be in view here.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A6&tab=notes" ver="">15.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A6&tab=notes" ver="">15.

² tn Heb “bend your heart toward.” The term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) probably here refers to the people’s volition or will.

¹ tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A6&tab=notes" ver="">20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

¹ tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.