Discovery BoxJoshua 3:4 
Context3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. 1 Keep your distance 2 so you can see 3 which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
Joshua 18:5
Context18:5 Divide it into seven regions. 4 Judah will stay 5 in its territory in the south, and the family 6 of Joseph in its territory in the north.
1 tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”
sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.
2 tn Heb “do not approach it.”
3 tn Heb “know.”
4 tn Heb “portions.”
5 tn Heb “stand.”
6 tn Heb “the house.”
