5:13 When Joshua was near 5 Jericho, 6 he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. 7 Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” 8
1 tn Heb “they went and came.”
2 tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.
3 tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.
4 tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”
5 tn Heb “in.”
6 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
7 tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).
8 tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”