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 6:22

6:22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, “Enter the prostitute’s house ⁴  and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.” ⁵ 

[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.”

[6:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the house of the woman, the prostitute.”

[6:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her as you swore on oath to her.”