Discovery BoxJoshua 9:15 
Context9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community 1 sealed it with an oath. 2
Joshua 9:21
Context9:21 The leaders then added, 3 “Let them live.” So they became 4 woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. 5
Joshua 18:1
Context18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. 6 Though they had subdued the land, 7
Joshua 22:30
Context22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, 8 they were satisfied. 9
1 tn Or “assembly.”
2 tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”
3 tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”
4 tn The vav (ו) consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.
5 tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”
6 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”
sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
7 tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”
8 tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”
9 tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”
