4:19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month 3 and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 4
6:15 On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn 5 and marched around the city as before – only this time they marched around it seven times. 6
18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. 13 Though they had subdued the land, 14
1 tn Heb “arranged in rows by her.”
2 tn Heb “and if you report this matter of ours.”
3 sn The first month was the month Abib (= late March-early April in the modern calendar). The Passover in Egypt also occurred on the tenth day of the first month (Exod 12:2; 13:4).
4 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
5 tn Heb “On the seventh day they rose early, when the dawn ascended.”
6 tn Heb “and they went around the city according to this manner seven times, only on that day they went around the city seven times.”
7 tn Heb “from the ambush.”
8 tn Heb “take possession of.”
9 tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”
10 tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”
11 tn Heb “people.”
12 tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”
13 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”
sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
14 tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”
15 tn Heb “your brothers” (also in vv. 4, 7), but this does not refer to siblings or necessarily even to relatives. It refers to the Israelites of the remaining tribes.
16 tn Heb “these many days.”
17 tn Heb “you have kept the charge of the command of the