¹ tn Heb “by your tribes.”

² tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”

³ tn Heb “houses.”

⁴ tn Heb “by men.”

⁵ 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.”

⁶ tn Heb “What is this unfaithfulness with which you have been unfaithful against the God of Israel, turning today from after the Lord, when you built for yourselves an altar, rebelling today against the Lord?”

⁷ sn Israel’s God is here identified with three names: (1) אֵל (’el), “El” (or “God”); (2) אֱלֹהִים (’elohim), “Elohim” (or “God”), and (3) יְהוָה (yÿhvah), “Yahweh” (or “the Lord”). The name אֵל (’el, “El”) is often compounded with titles, for example, El Elyon, “God Most High.”

⁸ tn Heb “he knows.”

⁹ tn Heb “if in rebellion or if in unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “do not save us.” The verb form is singular, being addressed to either collective Israel or the Lord himself. The LXX translates in the third person.

¹¹ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

¹² tn Heb “fearing.”