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 2:22-23

2:22 They went ⁵  to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them ⁶  to return. Their pursuers ⁷  looked all along the way but did not find them. ⁸  2:23 Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, ⁹  came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

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¹ tn Heb “and the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying.”

² tn Heb “bring out.”

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.

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.

⁵ tn Heb “they went and came.”

⁶ tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.

⁸ tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”

⁹ tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, are added for clarification.