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
3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. 4 They camped there before crossing the river. 5
6:5 My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, 6
how Balaam son of Beor responded to him.
Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal,
so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly.” 7
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 “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”
5 tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “remember what Balak…planned.”
7 tn Heb “From Shittim to Gilgal, in order to know the just acts of the