Yosua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ¹  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ²  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ³ 

Yosua 6:25

6:25 Yet Joshua spared ⁴  Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, ⁵  and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel ⁶  to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. ⁷ 

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

[2:1]  map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

[6:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “kept alive.”

[6:25]  ⁵ tn Heb the house of her father.”

[6:25]  ⁶ tn Or “among the Israelites”; Heb “in the midst of Israel.”

[6:25]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.