Yosua 5:13

Israel Conquers Jericho

5:13 When Joshua was near ¹  Jericho, ²  he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. ³  Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” ⁴ 

Yosua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ⁵  But he did not realize ⁶  men were hiding behind the city. ⁷ 

Yosua 15:8

15:8 It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), ⁸  going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

Yosua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ⁹  of Judah. This is the western border. ¹⁰ 

Yosua 22:11

22:11 The Israelites received this report: ¹¹  “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to ¹²  the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

[5:13]  ¹ tn Heb “in.”

[5:13]  ² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[5:13]  ³ tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[15:8]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:14]  ¹⁰ tn Or “side.”

[22:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the sons of Israel heard, saying.”

[22:11]  ¹² tn Heb “toward the front of.”