Yosua 2:13

2:13 that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us ¹  from death.”

Yosua 2:15

2:15 Then Rahab ²  let them down by a rope ³  through the window. (Her ⁴  house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) ⁵ 

[2:13]  ¹ tn Or “our lives.”

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:15]  ³ 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.

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “For her house.”

[2:15]  ⁵ tc These explanatory statements are omitted in the LXX and probably represent a later scribal addition.