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Joshua 2:1-2
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Joshua 2:1-2
New English Translation
Joshua Sends Spies into the Land
2 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:[a] “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.”[b] They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.[c] 2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well![d] Israelite men have come here tonight[e] to spy on the land.”
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- Joshua 2:1 tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”
- Joshua 2:1 tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”
- Joshua 2:1 tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”
- Joshua 2:2 tn Or “look.”
- Joshua 2:2 tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”
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