1:12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:
1:16 They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.
3:9 Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God!”
4:1 When the entire nation was on the other side, 1 the Lord told Joshua,
5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” 3
1 tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”
2 tn Heb “What are these stones?”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”
5 tn Or “asylum.”