Discovery BoxJoshua 5:1 
Context5:1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they 1 crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites. 2
Joshua 10:24
Context10:24 When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he 3 summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here 4 and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up 5 and put their feet on their necks.
1 tc Another textual tradition has, “while we crossed.”
2 tn Heb “their heart[s] melted and there was no longer in them breathe because of the sons of Israel.”
3 tn Heb “Joshua.” The translation has replaced the proper name with the pronoun (“he”) because a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant according to English style.
4 tn Or “Draw near.”
5 tn Or “drew near.”
