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 8:24
Context8:24 When Israel had finished killing all the men 2 of Ai who had chased them toward the desert 3 (they all fell by the sword), 4 all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.
Joshua 16:1
Context16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho 5 to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 6
Joshua 18:12
Context18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho 7 on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.
Joshua 20:8
Context20:8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho 8 they selected 9 Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.
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 Heb “residents.”
3 tn Heb “in the field, in the desert in which they chased them.”
4 tc Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The LXX omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.
5 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
6 tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”
map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
7 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
8 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
9 tn Or “set aside.”
