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 2:3
Context2:3 So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: 4 “Turn over 5 the men who came to you 6 – the ones who came to your house 7 – for they have come to spy on the whole land!”
Joshua 5:13
Context5:13 When Joshua was near 8 Jericho, 9 he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. 10 Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” 11
Joshua 6:25
Context6:25 Yet Joshua spared 12 Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, 13 and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel 14 to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. 15
Joshua 7:2
Context7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho 16 to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel 17 ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.
Joshua 10:1
Context10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, 18 heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho 19 and its king. 20 He also heard how 21 the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.
Joshua 10:28
Context10:28 That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. 22
Joshua 10:30
Context10:30 The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel 23 put the sword to all who lived there; they 24 left no survivors. They 25 did to its king what they 26 had done to the king of Jericho. 27
Joshua 18:12
Context18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho 28 on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.
Joshua 20:8
Context20:8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho 29 they selected 30 Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.
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 the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying.”
5 tn Heb “bring out.”
6 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.
7 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.
8 tn Heb “in.”
9 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
10 tn Heb “he lifted up his eyes and looked. And look, a man was standing in front of him, and his sword was drawn in his hand.” The verb הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) invites the reader to view the scene through Joshua’s eyes. By calling the stranger “a man,” the author reflects Joshua’s perspective. The text shortly reveals his true identity (vv. 14-15).
11 tn Heb “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
12 tn Heb “kept alive.”
13 tn Heb the house of her father.”
14 tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”
15 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
16 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
17 map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
18 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
19 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
20 tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”
21 tn Heb “and how.”
22 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
23 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
24 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
25 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
26 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
27 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
28 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
29 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
30 tn Or “set aside.”
