Joshua 2:15

2:15 Then Rahab ¹  let them down by a rope ²  through the window. (Her ³  house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) ⁴ 

Joshua 2:21

2:21 She said, “I agree to these conditions.” ⁵  She sent them on their way ⁶  and then tied the red rope in the window.

Joshua 2:18

2:18 When we invade the land ⁷ , tie this red rope ⁸  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. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tc The phrase “by a rope” is omitted in the LXX. It may be a later clarifying addition. If original, the omission in the LXX is likely due to an error of homoioarcton. A scribe’s or translator’s eye could have jumped from the initial ב (bet) in the phrase בַּחֶבֶל (bakhevel, “with a rope”) to the initial ב on the immediately following בְּעַד (bÿ’ad, “through”) and accidentally omitted the intervening letters.

³ tn Heb “For her house.”

⁴ tc These explanatory statements are omitted in the LXX and probably represent a later scribal addition.

⁵ tn Heb “According to your words, so it [will be].”

⁶ tn Heb “she sent them away and they went.”

⁷ tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”

⁸ tn Heb “the cord of this red thread.”

⁹ tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”