Joshua 2:16

2:16 She told them, “Head ¹  to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. ²  Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you ³  to return. Then you can be on your way.”

Joshua 2:22

2:22 They went ⁴  to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them ⁵  to return. Their pursuers ⁶  looked all along the way but did not find them. ⁷ 

Joshua 18:8

18:8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”

Joshua 20:6

20:6 He must remain ⁸  in that city until his case is decided by the assembly ⁹  and the high priest dies. ¹⁰  Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.” ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “Go.”

² tn Heb “so that the pursuers might not meet you.”

³ tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“you”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

⁴ tn Heb “they went and came.”

⁵ tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.

⁷ tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”

⁸ tn Or “live.”

⁹ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”

¹¹ tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”