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 6:17

6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, ⁴  except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies ⁵  we sent.

Joshua 6:22

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house ⁶  and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” ⁷ 

Joshua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared ⁸  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ⁹  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ¹⁰  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ¹¹ 

[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.”

[6:17]  ⁴ tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”

[6:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “messengers.”

[6:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

[6:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”

[6:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ¹² tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.