Joshua 2:9
2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. 1 We are absolutely terrified of you, 2 and all who live in the land are cringing before 3 you. 4
Joshua 2:16
2:16 She told them, “Head 5 to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. 6 Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you 7 to return. Then you can be on your way.”
Joshua 6:17
6:17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, 8 except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies 9 we sent.
Joshua 15:19
15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present. 10 Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.
1 tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.
2 tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”
3 tn Or “melting away because of.”
4 tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the Lord…and that terror of you…and that all the inhabitants….”
5 tn Heb “Go.”
6 tn Heb “so that the pursuers might not meet you.”
7 tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“you”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
8 tn Or “dedicated to the Lord.”
sn To make the city set apart for the Lord would involve annihilating all the people and animals and placing its riches in the Lord’s treasury (vv. 19, 21, 24).
9 tn Heb “messengers.”
10 tn Elsewhere this Hebrew word (בְּרָכָה, bÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).