Discovery BoxJoshua 2:14 
Context2:14 The men said to her, “If you 1 die, may we die too! 2 If you do not report what we’ve been up to, 3 then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance 4 to you.” 5
Joshua 17:15
Context17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, 6 go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”
1 tn The second person pronoun is masculine plural, indicating that Rahab’s entire family is in view.
2 tn Heb “Our lives in return for you to die.” If the lives of Rahab’s family are not spared, then the spies will pay for the broken vow with their own lives.
3 tn Heb “If you do not report this matter of ours.”
4 tn Heb “allegiance and faithfulness.” These virtual synonyms are joined in the translation as “unswerving allegiance” to emphasize the degree of promised loyalty.
5 tn The second person pronoun is feminine singular, referring specifically to Rahab.
6 tn Heb “If you are a great people.”
