Joshua 9:15

9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community ¹  sealed it with an oath. ² 

Joshua 9:21

9:21 The leaders then added, ³  “Let them live.” So they became ⁴  woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. ⁵ 

Joshua 18:1

The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. ⁶  Though they had subdued the land, ⁷ 

Joshua 22:30

22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ⁸  they were satisfied. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Or “assembly.”

² tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”

³ tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”

⁴ tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.

⁵ tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”

⁶ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.

⁷ tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”

⁸ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

⁹ tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”