Joshua 2:16
Context2:16 She told them, “Head 1 to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. 2 Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you 3 to return. Then you can be on your way.”
Joshua 2:22
Context2:22 They went 4 to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them 5 to return. Their pursuers 6 looked all along the way but did not find them. 7
Joshua 18:8
Context18:8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”
Joshua 20:6
Context20:6 He must remain 8 in that city until his case is decided by the assembly 9 and the high priest dies. 10 Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.” 11
1 tn Heb “Go.”
2 tn Heb “so that the pursuers might not meet you.”
3 tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“you”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
4 tn Heb “they went and came.”
5 tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.
6 tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.
7 tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”
8 tn Or “live.”
9 tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”
10 tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”
11 tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”