Discovery BoxJoshua 2:1 
Context2:1 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 2:10
Context2:10 For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. 4
Joshua 6:22
Context6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house 5 and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” 6
Joshua 7:3
Context7:3 They returned and reported to Joshua, 7 “Don’t send the whole army. 8 About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. 9 Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.” 10
Joshua 14:4
Context14:4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions. 11
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 “and what you did to the two Amorite kings who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, how you annihilated them.”
5 tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”
6 tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”
7 tn Heb “and they returned to Joshua and said to him.”
8 tn Heb “Don’t let all the people go up.”
9 tn Heb “Let about two thousand men or about three thousand men go up to defeat Ai.”
10 tn Heb “all the people for they are small.”
11 tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”
