Joshua 8:4

8:4 He told ¹  them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

Joshua 9:22

9:22 ² Joshua summoned the Gibeonites ³  and said to them, “Why did you trick ⁴  us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? ⁵ 

Joshua 11:17

11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them. ⁶ 

Joshua 13:4

13:4 to the south; ⁷  all the Canaanite territory, ⁸  from Arah ⁹  in the region of Sidon ¹⁰  to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory;

Joshua 16:3

16:3 It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea.

Joshua 19:29

19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, ¹¹  turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

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¹ tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

² sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

³ tn Heb “them.”

⁴ tn Or “deceive.”

⁵ tn Heb “live in our midst?”

⁶ tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”

⁷ tn Or “from Teman.” The phrase is especially problematic if taken with what follows, as the traditional verse division suggests. For further discussion see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 146.

⁸ tn Heb “all the land of the Canaanites.”

⁹ tc The reading “Arah” assumes a slight emendation of the Hebrew vowel pointing. The MT reads, “and a cave,” or “and Mearah” (if one understands the word as a proper noun).

¹⁰ tn Heb “which belongs to the Sidonians.”

map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

¹¹ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.