¹tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.
²tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
³tn Heb “in front of.”
⁴tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”
⁵tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”
⁶tn Or “from Teman.” The phrase is especially problematic if taken with what follows, as the traditional verse division suggests. For further discussion see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 146.
⁷tn Heb “all the land of the Canaanites.”
⁸tc The reading “Arah” assumes a slight emendation of the Hebrew vowel pointing. The MT reads, “and a cave,” or “and Mearah” (if one understands the word as a proper noun).
⁹tn Heb “which belongs to the Sidonians.”
map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
¹⁰tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”
¹¹tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and aobl= (l+boa) is taken to mean “entrance to.”
¹²tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
¹³tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”
¹⁴tn Heb “now apportion this land as an inheritance.”
¹⁵tn The MT reads “with him,” which is problematic, since the reference would be to the other half of the tribe of Manasseh (not the half mentioned in v. 7).
¹⁶tn Heb “received their inheritance, which Moses had assigned to them beyond the Jordan.”
¹⁷tn The words “their territory started” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
¹⁸tn The words “their territory also included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
¹⁹tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”
sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
²⁰tn Or “dispossessed them.”
²¹tn Or “dispossess.”
²²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
²³tn Heb “did not assign an inheritance.”
²⁴tn That is, “their source of food and life.”
²⁵tn Or “offerings made by fire.”
²⁶tn Or “promised” (Heb “spoke”).
sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.
²⁷tn Heb “assigned to the sons of Reuben.”
²⁸tn Heb “their territory was from.”
²⁹tn The words “it encompassed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
³⁰tn Heb “princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.”
³¹tn Or “diviner.”
³²tn Heb “Balaam son of Beor, the omen-reader, the Israelites killed with the sword, along with their slain ones.”
³³tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their clans, the cities and their towns.”
³⁴tn Heb “assigned to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad.”
³⁵tn Heb “and half of the land of the sons of Ammon.”
³⁶tn Heb “in front of.”
³⁷tn The words “Their territory ran” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.
³⁸tn Or “it included in the valley, Beth Haram.”
³⁹sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.
⁴⁰tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad by their clans, the cities and their towns.”
⁴¹tn Heb “assigned to the half-tribe of Manasseh, and it belonged to the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
⁴²tn The words “their territory started at” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.
⁴³sn The Hebrew name Havvoth Jair means “the tent villages of Jair.”
⁴⁴tn Heb “These are [the lands] which Moses gave as an inheritance.”
⁴⁵tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
⁴⁶tn Heb “Moses did not assign an inheritance.” The word “land” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what the inheritance consisted of.
⁴⁷tn That is, “their source of food and life.”
⁴⁸tn Or “as he promised”; Heb “as he spoke to.”
sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.