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 24:31

24:31 Israel worshiped ⁸  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. ⁹  These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. ¹⁰ 

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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 “served.”

⁹ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “who knew all the work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”