3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. 1 They camped there before crossing the river. 2
2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: 3 “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” 4 They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. 5
1 tn Heb “And Joshua arose early in the morning and he and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan.”
2 tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”
4 tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”
map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
5 tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”