Joshua 22:6

22:6 Joshua rewarded¹ them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes.²

Joshua 2:21-22

2:21 She said, “I agree to these conditions.”³ She sent them on their way⁴ and then tied the red rope in the window. 2:22 They went⁵ to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them⁶ to return. Their pursuers⁷ looked all along the way but did not find them.⁸

Joshua 9:4

9:4 they did something clever. They collected some provisions⁹ and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

Joshua 9:6

9:6 They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”

Joshua 18:9

18:9 The men journeyed¹⁰ through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

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:¹¹ “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.”¹² They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.¹³

Joshua 3:6

3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Joshua 4:18

4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land,¹⁴ the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage.¹⁵

Joshua 8:9

8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place¹⁶ west of Ai, between Bethel¹⁷ and Ai.¹⁸ Joshua spent that night with the army.¹⁹

Joshua 18:8

18:8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, “Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh.”

Joshua 22:9

22:9 So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead,²⁰ which they acquired by the Lord’s command through Moses.

¹tn Heb “blessed.” However, see v. 8, where rewards are given.

²tn Heb “and they went to their tents.”

³tn Heb “According to your words, so it [will be].”

⁴tn Heb “she sent them away and they went.”

⁵tn Heb “they went and came.”

⁶tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.

⁷tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.

⁸tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”

⁷tc Heb “and they went and [?].” The root and meaning of the verb form יִצְטַיָּרוּ (yitstayyaru) are uncertain. The form is most likely a corruption of יִצְטַיָּדוּ (yitstayyadu), read by some Hebrew mss and ancient versions, from the root צוּד (tsud, “take provisions,” BDB 845 s.v. II צוד) which also occurs in v. 11. Note NRSV “they went and prepared provisions”; cf. NEB “They went and disguised themselves”; NIV “they went as a delegation.”

⁹tn Heb “went and passed through.”

¹¹tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

¹²tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

¹³tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

¹³tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”

¹⁴tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”

¹⁵tn Or “the place of ambush.”

¹⁶map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹⁷tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

¹⁸tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

¹⁷tn Heb “returned and went from the sons of Israel, from Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession.”