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 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ⁴  It piled up far upstream ⁵  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ⁶  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ⁷ 

Joshua 6:1

6:1 Now Jericho ⁸  was shut tightly ⁹  because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ¹¹  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ¹² 

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 “the waters descending from above stood still.”

⁵ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

⁶ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

⁷ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁸ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁹ tn Heb “was shutting and shut up.” HALOT 2:743 paraphrases, “blocking [any way of access] and blocked [against any who would leave].”

¹⁰ tn Heb “there was no one going out and there was no one coming in.”

¹¹ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹² tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”