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 6:23
Context6:23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside 4 the Israelite camp.
Joshua 8:18
Context8:18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city 5 over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
Joshua 13:6
Context13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, 6 all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” 7
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 Or “placed them outside.”
5 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
7 tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”
