Joshua 2:1-2

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  2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! ⁴  Israelite men have come here tonight ⁵  to spy on the land.”

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Or “look.”

[2:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”