Joshua 2:3

2:3 So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: ¹  “Turn over ²  the men who came to you ³  – the ones who came to your house ⁴  – for they have come to spy on the whole land!”

Joshua 2:18

2:18 When we invade the land ⁵ , tie this red rope ⁶  in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house. ⁷ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “bring out.”

[2:3]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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.

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “the cord of this red thread.”

[2:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”