Discovery BoxJoshua 2:15 
Context2:15 Then Rahab 1 let them down by a rope 2 through the window. (Her 3 house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) 4
Joshua 2:17
Context2:17 The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: 5
1 tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tc The phrase “by a rope” is omitted in the LXX. It may be a later clarifying addition. If original, the omission in the LXX is likely due to an error of homoioarcton. A scribe’s or translator’s eye could have jumped from the initial ב (bet) in the phrase בַּחֶבֶל (bakhevel, “with a rope”) to the initial ב on the immediately following בְּעַד (bÿ’ad, “through”) and accidentally omitted the intervening letters.
3 tn Heb “For her house.”
4 tc These explanatory statements are omitted in the LXX and probably represent a later scribal addition.
5 tn Heb “We are free from this oath of yours which you made us swear.” The words “unless the following conditions are met” are not in the Hebrew text, but are added for clarification.
