⁴ tn Heb “this Jordan.”

³ tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”

³ tn Again this expression, “the Jordan of Jericho,” is used. It describes the intended location along the Jordan River, the Jordan next to or across from Jericho.

² tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

² sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan, the Valley of Sukkoth for the region east of the Jordan.

⁷ sn Gilead is a mountainous region on the eastern side of the Jordan River in what is today the country of Jordan.

² sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan River; the Valley of Sukkoth represents the region east of the Jordan.

¹ tn Gilead was located east of the Jordan River. Half of the tribe of Manasseh lived east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan.

¹ sn Gilead was located east of the Jordan. Half of the tribe of Manasseh lived east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan.

² tn Heb “stand in the Jordan.” Here the repetition of the word “Jordan” would be redundant according to contemporary English style, so it was not included in the translation.

¹ sn Salecah. Today this is known as Salkhad, in Jordan, about 31 mi (50 km) east of the Jordan River in the Hauran Desert.

⁴ sn This refers to the city of Bethany across the Jordan River (see John 1:28).

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.”

¹ tc The MT reading אֶת־בַיַּרְדֵּן (ʾet vayyarden, “in the Jordan”) is odd syntactically. The use of the preposition after the object marker אֶת (ʾet) is difficult to explain. Graphic confusion is likely in the MT; the translation assumes the reading מִיַּרְדֵּן (miyyarden, “from the Jordan”). Another possibility is to read the definite article on the front of “Jordan” (הַיַּרְדֵּן, hayyarden; “the Jordan”).

² sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

² tn Heb “received their inheritance, which Moses had assigned to them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

¹ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

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

² tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”