Discovery BoxJoshua 9:21 
Context9:21 The leaders then added, 1 “Let them live.” So they became 2 woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. 3
Joshua 21:1
Context21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
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, 4 they were satisfied. 5
1 tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”
4 tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”
5 tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”
