¹ tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.

sn The Scroll of the Upright One was apparently an ancient Israelite collection of songs and prayers (see also 2 Sam 1:18).

² tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”

³ tn Heb “for from the Lord it was to harden their heart[s] to meet for the battle with Israel, in order to annihilate them, so that they would receive no mercy, in order annihilate them, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

⁴ tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”

⁵ tc The MT reads here, “and the middle of the valley,” but the reading “the city in the middle of valley” can be reconstructed on the basis of Josh 13:9, 16.

⁶ tn Heb “swore an oath.”

⁷ tn Heb “on which your foot has walked.”

⁸ tn Heb “will belong to you for an inheritance, and to your sons forever.”

⁹ tn Heb “return to your tents with.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “very many cattle.”

¹¹ tn Heb “very much clothing.”

¹² tn Heb “What is this unfaithfulness with which you have been unfaithful against the God of Israel, turning today from after the Lord, when you built for yourselves an altar, rebelling today against the Lord?”

¹³ tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

¹⁴ tn Or “take possession of.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “said to.”