¹ tn Heb “rolled away.”

² sn One might take the disgrace of Egypt as a reference to their uncircumcised condition (see Gen 34:14), but the generation that left Egypt was circumcised (see v. 5). It more likely refers to the disgrace they experienced in Egyptian slavery. When this new generation reached the promised land and renewed their covenantal commitment to the Lord by submitting to the rite of circumcision, the Lord’s deliverance of his people from slavery, which had begun with the plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, reached its climax. See T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 59.

³ sn The name Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew verb “roll away” (גַּלַל, galal).

⁴ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

⁶ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

⁷ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

⁸ sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

⁹ tn Heb “them.”

¹⁰ tn Or “deceive.”

¹¹ tn Heb “live in our midst?”

¹² tn Or “chases a thousand.”

¹³ tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “as he said to you.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and hug.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”