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 2:3

2:3 So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: ⁴  “Turn over ⁵  the men who came to you ⁶  – the ones who came to your house ⁷  – for they have come to spy on the whole land!”

Joshua 2:12

2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. ⁸  Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. ⁹  Give me a solemn pledge ¹⁰ 

Joshua 6:17

6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, ¹¹  except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies ¹²  we sent.

Joshua 6:22

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house ¹³  and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” ¹⁴ 

Joshua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared ¹⁵  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ¹⁶  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ¹⁷  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ¹⁸ 

Joshua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ¹⁹  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

Joshua 20:6

20:6 He must remain ²⁰  in that city until his case is decided by the assembly ²¹  and the high priest dies. ²²  Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.” ²³ 

Joshua 24:17

24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery ²⁴  in the land of Egypt ²⁵  and performed these awesome miracles ²⁶  before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations. ²⁷ 

[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.”

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying.”

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “bring out.”

[2:3]  ⁶ tn The idiom “come to” (בוֹא אֶל, bo’ ’el) probably has sexual connotations here, as it often does elsewhere when a man “comes to” a woman. If so, the phrase could be translated “your clients.” The instructions reflect Rahab’s perspective as to the identity of the men.

[2:3]  ⁷ tn The words “the ones who came to your house” (Heb “who came to your house”) may be a euphemistic scribal addition designed to blur the sexual connotation of the preceding words.

[2:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the Lord.”

[2:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “with the house of my father.”

[2:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”

[6:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

[6:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “messengers.”

[6:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

[6:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”

[6:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ¹⁸ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[17:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[20:6]  ²² tn Or “live.”

[20:6]  ²³ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”

[20:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”

[20:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”

[24:17]  ²⁵ tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”

[24:17]  ²⁶ tn Heb “for the Lord our God, he is the one who brought up us and our fathers from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.”

[24:17]  ²⁷ tn Or “great signs.”

[24:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”