15:58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. 1
2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: 2 “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” 3 They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. 4 2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! 5 Israelite men have come here tonight 6 to spy on the land.”
1 tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”
2 tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”
3 tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”
4 tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”
5 tn Or “look.”
6 tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”
7 tn Heb “Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them at the Waters of Merom suddenly and fell upon them.”