Joshua 10:18
10:18 Joshua said, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it. 1
Joshua 10:22
10:22 Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings 2 out of the cave to me.”
Joshua 10:27
10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. 3 They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) 4
1 tn Heb “and appoint by it men to guard them.”
2 tn Heb “these five kings.”
3 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.
4 tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.