1tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.” 2tn Heb “the feet of the priests.” 3tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 4tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.” 5tn Heb “were cut off from before.” 6tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.” 7tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed. 8tn Heb “in the presence of the people.” 9tn Heb “men equipped for battle.” 10tn Heb “for war.” 11map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1. 12tn Heb “feared.” 13tn Heb “all the days of his life.” 14tn Heb “had feared.” 15tn Traditionally, “the ark of the testimony,” another name for the ark of the covenant. The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut, “testimony” or “witness”) here refers to the Mosaic covenant and the body of stipulations contained within it (see HALOT 2:791). 16tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.” 17tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”sn Verses 15-18 give a more detailed account of the priests’ crossing that had been briefly described in v. 11. 18sn The first month was the month Abib (= late March-early April in the modern calendar). The Passover in Egypt also occurred on the tenth day of the first month (Exod 12:2; 13:4). 19map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1. 20tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7. 21tn Heb “What are these stones?” 22tn Heb “make known.” 23tn Heb “crossed this Jordan”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning. 24tn Heb “just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea when he dried [it] up before us while we crossed over.” 25tn Heb “in order that.” 26tn Or “peoples.” 27tn Heb “know the hand of the Lord that it is strong.” 28tn Heb “fear.”
1tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”
2tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”
3tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”
5tn Heb “were cut off from before.”
6tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”
7tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.
8tn Heb “in the presence of the people.”
9tn Heb “men equipped for battle.”
10tn Heb “for war.”
11map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
12tn Heb “feared.”
13tn Heb “all the days of his life.”
14tn Heb “had feared.”
15tn Traditionally, “the ark of the testimony,” another name for the ark of the covenant. The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut, “testimony” or “witness”) here refers to the Mosaic covenant and the body of stipulations contained within it (see HALOT 2:791).
16tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”
17tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”
sn Verses 15-18 give a more detailed account of the priests’ crossing that had been briefly described in v. 11.
18sn The first month was the month Abib (= late March-early April in the modern calendar). The Passover in Egypt also occurred on the tenth day of the first month (Exod 12:2; 13:4).
19map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
20tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.
21tn Heb “What are these stones?”
22tn Heb “make known.”
23tn Heb “crossed this Jordan”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
24tn Heb “just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea when he dried [it] up before us while we crossed over.”
25tn Heb “in order that.”
26tn Or “peoples.”
27tn Heb “know the hand of the Lord that it is strong.”
28tn Heb “fear.”