Joshua 2:3
ContextNETBible | So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: 1 “Turn over 2 the men who came to you 3 – the ones who came to your house 4 – for they have come to spy on the whole land!” |
XREF | Ge 38:24; Ge 42:9-12,31; Le 24:14; Jos 10:23; 2Sa 10:3; 1Ch 19:3; Job 21:30; Joh 19:4; Ac 12:4,6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying.” 2 tn Heb “bring out.” 3 tn The idiom “come to” (בוֹא אֶל, bo’ ’el) probably has sexual connotations here, as it often does elsewhere when a man “comes to” a woman. If so, the phrase could be translated “your clients.” The instructions reflect Rahab’s perspective as to the identity of the men. 4 tn The words “the ones who came to your house” (Heb “who came to your house”) may be a euphemistic scribal addition designed to blur the sexual connotation of the preceding words. |