¹tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”
²tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
³tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
⁴tn Heb “in front of.”
⁵tn Heb “they gathered together to fight against Joshua and Israel [with] one mouth.”
⁶map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
⁷tc Heb “and they went and [?].” The root and meaning of the verb form WrY`f^x=y] are uncertain. The form is most likely a corruption of WdY`f^x=y], read by some Hebrew mss and ancient versions, from the root dwx (“take provisions,” BDB 845 s.v. II) which also occurs in v. 11. Note NRSV “they went and prepared provisions”; cf. NEB “They went and disguised themselves”; NIV “they went as a delegation.”
⁸tn Heb “all the bread of their provisions.”
⁹tn Or “moldy.”
¹⁰tn Heb “in our midst.”
¹¹tn Heb “we are your servants.”
¹²tn Or “servants.”
¹³tn Heb “name.”
¹⁴tn Heb “the report about him, all that he did in Egypt.”
¹⁵tn Heb “your servants.”
¹⁶tn Heb “in the day we went out to come to you.”
¹⁷tn Or “moldy.”
¹⁸tn Heb “took.” This probably means they tasted some of the food to make sure it was stale.
¹⁹tn Heb “but they did not ask the mouth of the Lord.” This refers to seeking the Lord’s will and guidance through an oracle.
²⁰tn Or “assembly.”
²¹tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”
²²tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.”
²³tn Heb “by the Lord God of Israel.”
²⁴tn Or “grumbled against.”
²⁵tn Heb “to them by….”
²⁶tn Or “touch.”
²⁷tn Heb “This is what we will do to them, keeping them alive so there will not be upon us anger concerning the oath which we swore to them.”
²⁸tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”
²⁹tn The vav consecutive construction in the Hebrew text suggests that the narrative resumes at this point. The LXX reads here, “and they will be,” understanding what follows to be a continuation of the leaders’ words rather than a comment by the narrator.
³⁰tn Heb “as the leaders said to them.”
³¹sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.
³²tn Heb “them.”
³³tn Or “deceive.”
³⁴tn Heb “live in our midst?”
³⁵tn Heb “Now you are cursed and a servant will not be cut off from you, woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
³⁶tn Heb “your servants.”
³⁷tn Or “we were very afraid.”
³⁸tn Heb “so now, look, we are in your hand.”
³⁹tn Heb “according to what is good and according to what is upright in your eyes to do us, do.”
⁴⁰tn Heb “And he did to them so and he rescued them from the hand of the sons of Israel and they did not kill them.”
⁴¹tn Heb “and Joshua made them in that day woodcutters and water carriers for the community, and for the altar of the Lord to this day at the place which he chooses.”