Discovery BoxJoshua 8:29 
Context8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. 1 At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. 2 They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). 3
Joshua 19:51
Context19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders 4 made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 5 So they finished dividing up the land.
Joshua 20:4
Context20:4 The one who committed manslaughter 6 should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. 7 They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there. 8
1 tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.
3 tn Heb “to this day.”
4 tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”
5 tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”
sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”
8 tn Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”
