¹ tn Heb “in.”

² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

³ tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

⁴ tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

⁵ tn Heb “kept alive.”

⁶ tn Heb the house of her father.”

⁷ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

⁸ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

⁹ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua acted accordingly; he did not turn aside a thing from all which the Lord commanded Moses.”

¹¹ tn Heb “went and cut off the Anakites from the hill country.”

¹² tn Heb “and from all the hill country of Israel.”

¹³ tn Heb “The Lord commanded Moses to assign to us an inheritance in the midst of our brothers.” Since Zelophehad had no sons, “brothers” must refer to their uncles, as the next sentence makes clear.

¹⁴ tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Joshua, although Eleazar is mentioned first in the preceding list.

¹⁵ tn Heb “and he assigned to them in accordance with the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father.”