Hakim-hakim 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified ¹  tower ²  in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Ulangan 22:8

22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail ³  around your roof to avoid being culpable ⁴  in the event someone should fall from it.

Yosua 2:8

2:8 Now before the spies ⁵  went to sleep, Rahab ⁶  went up ⁷  to the roof.

Yosua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! ⁸  Israelite men have come here tonight ⁹  to spy on the land.”

1 Samuel 11:2

11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”

[9:51]  ¹ tn Or “strong.”

[9:51]  ² tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.

[22:8]  ³ tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”

[22:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”

[2:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “they.”

[2:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:8]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds, “to them.” This is somewhat redundant in English and has not been translated.

[2:2]  ⁸ tn Or “look.”

[2:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”