¹ tn Heb “and all Israel was crossing over on dry ground until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

¹ tn Heb “you are going there to possess it”; NASB “into which you are about to cross to possess it”; NRSV “that you are crossing over to occupy.”

¹ tn Or perhaps, “through whom,” referring to the Lord Jesus Christ rather than the cross.

³ sn The offense of the cross refers to the offense to Jews caused by preaching Christ crucified.

⁶ sn The one righteous act refers to Jesus’ death on the cross.

⁴ tn Grk “they placed the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.”

² sn Luke portrays the Jewish leadership as driving events toward the cross by vehemently accusing Jesus.

³ tn Heb “they cross over/transgress with respect to matters of evil.”

¹ sn The psalmist recalls the crossing of the Red Sea (Exod 14:21).

³ sn The psalmist recalls the crossing of the Jordan River (Josh 3:13, 16).

¹ tn Heb “Like a little your servant will cross the Jordan with the king.”

² tn Or “against Ephraim,” that is, so as to prevent Ephraim from crossing.

³ tn Or “against Moab,” that is, so as to prevent the Moabites from crossing.

¹ tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

¹ tn Heb “Your animals, you shall not cross-breed two different kinds.”

¹ tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.

¹ tn Heb “a boundary you set up, they will not cross, they will not return to cover the earth.”

¹ tn Heb “But you must cross over armed for battle before your brothers, all [you] mighty men of strength.”

² tn Heb “we crossed the Wadi Zered.” This has been translated as “we did so” for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

³ tn The disjunctive clause draws attention to an important fact: He may have crossed the stream, but he was limping.