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 6:6
Context6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”
Joshua 6:10
Context6:10 Now Joshua had instructed the army, 4 “Do not give a battle cry 5 or raise your voices; say nothing 6 until the day I tell you, ‘Give the battle cry.’ 7 Then give the battle cry!” 8
Joshua 7:2
Context7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho 9 to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel 10 ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.
Joshua 13:6
Context13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, 11 all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” 12
Joshua 13:14
Context13:14 However, Moses 13 did not assign land as an inheritance 14 to the Levites; their inheritance 15 is the sacrificial offerings 16 made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed 17 them.
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 “the people.”
5 tn Or “the shout.”
6 tn Heb “do not let a word come out of your mouths.”
7 tn Or “the shout.”
8 tn Or “the shout.”
9 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
10 map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
11 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
12 tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”
13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “did not assign an inheritance.”
15 tn That is, “their source of food and life.”
16 tn Or “offerings made by fire.”
17 tn Or “promised” (Heb “spoke”).
sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.
