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The Hebrew version of Joshua emphasizes that the people crossed the Jordan in accordance with commands given through Moses, while the Greek version presents a simpler account that focuses only on God's command to Joshua. The Masoretic text may have included an extra detail to reaffirm Mosaic authority.
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Joshua 4:10
Hebrew Bible
9 Joshua also set up 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day. 10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly, 11 and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Joshua 4:10
Septuagint
9 Joshua also set another twelve stones among them by the Jordan in the place by the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the stones are there until today. 10 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood in the Jordan until Joshua finished everything that the Lord had commanded him to announce to the people. And the people hurried and crossed over. 11 And it happened that as all the people finished crossing over, the ark of the covenant of the Lord crossed over and the stones were in front of them.
Date: 2nd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... According to the short formulation of [the Greek text], Joshua's actions closely followed the command of God, while the plus of [the Masoretic text], possibly deriving from verse 12, 11:15, or from Deuteronomy 3:28, stressed that the command was by Moses ..."
Tov, Emanuel
Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, Septuagint: Collected Essays
(pp. 328-329) Brill, 2015
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