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 6:6

6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”

Joshua 6:10

6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army, ⁴  “Do not give a battle cry ⁵  or raise your voices; say nothing ⁶  until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’ ⁷  Then give the battle cry!” ⁸ 

Joshua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ⁹  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ¹⁰ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 13:6

13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ¹¹  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ¹² 

Joshua 13:14

13:14 However, Moses ¹³  did not assign land as an inheritance ¹⁴  to the Levites; their inheritance ¹⁵  is the sacrificial offerings ¹⁶  made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed ¹⁷  them.

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

² tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

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 “the people.”

⁵ tn Or “the shout.”

⁶ tn Heb “do not let a word come out of your mouths.”

⁷ tn Or “the shout.”

⁸ tn Or “the shout.”

⁹ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹⁰ map For the location of Bethel see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

¹² tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “did not assign an inheritance.”

¹⁵ tn That is, “their source of food and life.”

¹⁶ tn Or “offerings made by fire.”

¹⁷ tn Or “promised” (Heb “spoke”).

sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.