Discovery BoxJoshua 2:22-23 
Context2:22 They went 1 to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them 2 to return. Their pursuers 3 looked all along the way but did not find them. 4 2:23 Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, 5 came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.
1 tn Heb “they went and came.”
2 tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.
3 tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.
4 tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”
5 tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, are added for clarification.
