Discovery BoxJoshua 4:8 
Context4:8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.
Joshua 4:10
Context4:10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,
Joshua 4:18
Context4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, 1 the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. 2
Joshua 7:21
Context7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, 3 two hundred silver pieces, 4 and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”
Joshua 10:13
Context10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. 5 The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. 6
Joshua 12:2
Context12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived 7 in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley 8 and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
1 tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”
2 tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”
sn Verses 15-18 give a more detailed account of the priests’ crossing that had been briefly described in v. 11.
3 tn Heb “Shinar,” a reference to Babylon (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1). Many modern translations retain the Hebrew name “Shinar” (cf. NEB, NRSV) but some use the more familiar “Babylon” (cf. NIV, NLT).
4 tn Heb “shekels.”
5 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).
6 tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”
7 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”
8 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.
