Discovery BoxJoshua 2:7 
Context2:7 Meanwhile 1 the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River 2 near the fords. 3 The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them. 4
Joshua 3:10
Context3:10 Joshua continued, 5 “This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
Joshua 6:22
Context6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house 6 and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” 7
Joshua 7:3
Context7:3 They returned and reported to Joshua, 8 “Don’t send the whole army. 9 About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. 10 Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.” 11
Joshua 8:19
Context8:19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. 12 They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
Joshua 8:22
Context8:22 At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. 13 The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.
Joshua 18:9
Context18:9 The men journeyed 14 through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
Joshua 22:18
Context22:18 Now today you dare to turn back 15 from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against 16 the entire community of Israel.
Joshua 24:17-18
Context24:17 For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery 17 in the land of Egypt 18 and performed these awesome miracles 19 before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations. 20 24:18 The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship 21 the Lord, for he is our God!”
1 tn Another way to translate vv. 6-7 would be, “While she took them up to the roof and hid them…, the king’s men tried to find them….” Both of the main clauses have the subject prior to the predicate, perhaps indicating simultaneous action. (On the grammatical point, see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 42, §235.) In this case Rahab moves the Israelite spies from the hiding place referred to in v. 4 to a safer and less accessible hiding place.
2 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.
3 tn Heb “And the men chased after them [on] the road [leading to] the Jordan to the fords.” The text is written from the perspective of the king’s men. As far as they were concerned, they were chasing the spies.
4 tn Heb “And they shut the gate after – as soon as the ones chasing after them went out.” The expressions “after” and “as soon as” may represent a conflation of alternate readings.
5 tn Heb “said.”
6 tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”
7 tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”
8 tn Heb “and they returned to Joshua and said to him.”
9 tn Heb “Don’t let all the people go up.”
10 tn Heb “Let about two thousand men or about three thousand men go up to defeat Ai.”
11 tn Heb “all the people for they are small.”
12 tn Heb “and ran.”
13 tn Heb “and these went out from the city to meet them and they were for Israel in the middle, some on this side, and others on the other side.”
14 tn Heb “went and passed through.”
15 tn Heb “you are turning back.”
16 tn Or “he will be angry with.”
17 tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”
18 tn Heb “for the
19 tn Or “great signs.”
20 tn Heb “and he guarded us in all the way in which we walked and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.”
21 tn Or “will serve.”
