Discovery BoxJoshua 2:9 
Context2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. 1 We are absolutely terrified of you, 2 and all who live in the land are cringing before 3 you. 4
Joshua 11:16
Context11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land, 5 including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, 6 the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,
Joshua 12:1
Context12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land 7 on the east side of the Jordan, 8 from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
Joshua 17:1
Context17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. 9 The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. 10 They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. 11
Joshua 17:4
Context17:4 They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” 12 So Joshua 13 assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. 14
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 19:9
Context19:9 Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah. 15
Joshua 22:9
Context22:9 So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, 16 which they acquired by the Lord’s command through Moses.
Joshua 22:32
Context22:32 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. 17
Joshua 24:8
Context24:8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered 18 their land and I destroyed them from before you.
1 tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.
2 tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”
3 tn Or “melting away because of.”
4 tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the
5 tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”
6 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
7 tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”
8 tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”
9 tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”
10 tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”
11 tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”
sn On the assignment of Manasseh’s territory in Gilead and Bashan, see Josh 13:31.
12 tn Heb “The
13 tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.
14 tn Heb “and he assigned to them in accordance with the mouth [i.e., command] of the
15 tn Heb “from the portion of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon for the portion of the sons of Judah was too large for them, and the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.”
16 tn Heb “returned and went from the sons of Israel, from Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession.”
17 tn Heb “and Phinehas…returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel. And they brought back to them a word.”
18 tn Or “took possession of.”
