Yosua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ¹  was shut tightly ²  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ³ 

Yosua 8:10

8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered ⁴  the army, ⁵  and he and the leaders ⁶  of Israel marched ⁷  at the head of it ⁸  to Ai.

Yosua 20:2

20:2 “Have the Israelites select ⁹  the cities of refuge ¹⁰  that I told you about through Moses.

[6:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[6:1]  ² tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

[6:1]  ³ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

[8:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “the people.”

[8:10]  ⁶ tn Or “elders.”

[8:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up.”

[8:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used “army” in the previous clause, a singular pronoun (“it”) is required in English.

[20:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”

[20:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “asylum.”