Discovery BoxJoshua 5:4 
Context5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt. 1
Joshua 6:24
Context6:24 But they burned 2 the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord’s house. 3
Joshua 7:12
Context7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. 4 I will no longer be with you, 5 unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 6
Joshua 11:8
Context11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, 7 Misrephoth Maim, 8 and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
Joshua 17:1
Context17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. 9 The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. 10 They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. 11
1 tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”
2 tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”
3 tn Heb “the treasury of the house of the
4 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the
5 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
6 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
7 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
8 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
9 tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”
10 tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”
11 tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”
sn On the assignment of Manasseh’s territory in Gilead and Bashan, see Josh 13:31.
