7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho 2 to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel 3 ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.
12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land 6 on the east side of the Jordan, 7 from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho 10 to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 11
1 tn Heb “But you must cross over armed for battle before your brothers, all [you] mighty men of strength.”
2 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
3 map For the location of Bethel see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
4 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
5 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
6 tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”
7 tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”
8 tn Or “it included in the valley, Beth Haram.”
9 sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.
10 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
11 tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”
map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
12 tn Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”
13 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
15 map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
16 tn Or “set aside.”
17 tn Or “took possession of.”