Yosua 3:3-4
Konteks3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God 1 being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here 2 and walk 3 behind it. 3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. 4 Keep your distance 5 so you can see 6 which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
Yosua 17:17
Konteks17:17 Joshua said to the family 7 of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.
Yosua 22:8
Konteks22:8 saying, “Take home 8 great wealth, a lot of cattle, 9 silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of 10 clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”
[3:3] 1 sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.
[3:3] 2 tn Heb “set out from your place.”
[3:4] 4 tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”
[3:4] sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.
[3:4] 5 tn Heb “do not approach it.”
[22:8] 8 tn Heb “return to your tents with.”