Joshua 2:19

2:19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death – we are innocent in that case! ¹  But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. ² 

Joshua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! ³  Israelite men have come here tonight ⁴  to spy on the land.”

Joshua 3:1

Israel Crosses the Jordan

3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. ⁵  They camped there before crossing the river. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “Anyone who goes out from the doors of your house to the outside, his blood is on his head. We are innocent.”

² tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”

³ tn Or “look.”

⁴ tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

⁵ tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”

⁶ tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.