InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Jos C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23
Jos 24 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Balaam · Balak · Beor (NUM 22:5) · Moab (GEN 19:37) · Zippor
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Moab (GEN 36:35)
OET-LV And_ Bālāq the_son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) the_king_of Mōʼāⱱ _he/it_rose_up and_he_fought against_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he_sent and_he/it_called (to)_Bilˊām the_son_of Bəˊōr to_curse you(pl).
OET (OET-RV) Then (Tsipor’s son) King Balak of Moav (Moab) prepared his warriors and fought against you all and he summoned (Be’or’s son) Bil’am (Balaam) to curse you.
In this section Joshua called the people of Israel together to affirm that they would worship and obey only Yahweh. He warned them that Yahweh would bring disaster on them if they worshiped other gods. Then Joshua died and was buried.
Here are some other possible section headings:
Renewing the covenant at Shechem
The Israelites promise to worship only Yahweh
Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel.
Then Balak, who was the king of Moab and the son of Zippor, got ready to fight against the Israelites.
Then King Balak the king of the Moabites prepared to fight against Israel. He was the son of Zippor.
Then: The Hebrew conjunction that the BSB translates as Then introduces the next event in the storyline.
Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab: The story of King Balak is told in Numbers 22–24. He was the king of the Moabites.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
Then Balak, who was the king of Moab and the son of Zippor, got ready to fight against the Israelites.
King Balak was the son of Zippor and the king of the Moabites. He prepared to fight Israel.
set out to fight against Israel: The Hebrew verb that the BSB translates as set out indicates preparation for an action.TWOT p. 793. It can also be translated “he got ready to make war.”Woudstra p. 348 fn 13.
Here is another way to translate this phrase:
prepared to fight (NIV)
He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
He sent messengers to tell Balaam the son of Beor to put a curse on you.
He sent word to Balaam the son of Beor and asked him to put a curse on the Israelites.
He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you: King Balak sent messengers to Balaam to ask him to put a curse on Israel.
Balaam son of Beor: Balaam is first mentioned in Numbers 22:5.
curse you: The phrase curse you indicates that Balaam would call on gods to make something terrible happen to the Israelites.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
He sent messengers to tell Balaam the son of Beor to put a curse on you.
So King Balak sent word to Balaam the son of Beor and asked him to put a curse on you.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיָּ֨קָם בָּלָ֤ק בֶּן־צִפּוֹר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֔ב
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up Bālāq son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) king Mōʼāⱱ and,he_fought against,Israel and,he_sent and=he/it_called (to),Balaam son_of Bəˊōr to,curse ,you(pl) )
See how you translated the similar expression in Joshua 1:2. Alternate translation: [And Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, took action]
Note 2 topic: translate-names
בְּע֖וֹר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up Bālāq son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) king Mōʼāⱱ and,he_fought against,Israel and,he_sent and=he/it_called (to),Balaam son_of Bəˊōr to,curse ,you(pl) )
The word Beor is the name of a man.
OET-LV And_ Bālāq the_son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) the_king_of Mōʼāⱱ _he/it_rose_up and_he_fought against_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he_sent and_he/it_called (to)_Bilˊām the_son_of Bəˊōr to_curse you(pl).
OET (OET-RV) Then (Tsipor’s son) King Balak of Moav (Moab) prepared his warriors and fought against you all and he summoned (Be’or’s son) Bil’am (Balaam) to curse you.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.