Joshua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ¹  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ²  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ³ 

Joshua 14:11

14:11 Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then. ⁴ 

Joshua 18:4

18:4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

² tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

³ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

⁴ tn Heb “like my strength then, like my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.”

⁷ tn Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.”