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 5:15
Context5:15 The commander of the Lord’s army answered Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.
Joshua 9:5
Context9:5 They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread 4 was dry and hard. 5
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 “all the bread of their provisions.”
5 tn Or “moldy.”
