3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”
4:1 When the entire nation was on the other side, 1 the Lord told Joshua,
5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” 5
6:12 Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord. 6
7:10 The Lord responded 7 to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? 8
1 tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”
2 tn Heb “men equipped for battle.”
3 tn Heb “for war.”
4 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
5 tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.
6 tn Heb “Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests picked up the ark of the
7 tn Heb “said.”
8 tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”
9 tn Heb “according to the word of the
10 tn Heb “took.” This probably means they tasted some of the food to make sure it was stale.
11 tn Heb “but they did not ask the mouth of the
12 tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
13 tn Heb “By lot was their inheritance, as the
14 tn Heb “Just as the
15 tn Heb “Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”