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 8:20
Context8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw 3 the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. 4 In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.
Joshua 22:7
Context22:7 (Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, 5 he rewarded 6 them,
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 “and they saw, and look.” The Hebrew term הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to the scene and invites the audience to view the events from the perspective of the men of Ai.
4 tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”
5 tn Heb “to their tents.”
6 tn Heb “blessed.”
