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Joshua 2

Joshua 2:16

The Promise to Rahab · Joshua 2:8–24
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Translations

Modern
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
Traditional
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
Literal
And she said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you, and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. And afterward you may go your way.”
Latin
Dixitque ad eos: Ad montana conscendite, ne forte occurrant vobis revertentes: ibique latitate tribus diebus, donec redeant, et sic ibitis per viam vestram.

Original

Hebrew
English
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”

Notes

Joshua 2:16

The hill country of central Canaan rises steeply just west of Jericho. The pursuers from Jericho expected the two spies to go east toward Israel’s camp across the Jordan. When the pursuers stopped searching, the spies were able to cross the Jordan without trouble.

Joshua 2:1–24

  • Like any good military commander, Joshua sent out spies or scouts to get information about his objective.

  • Because Israel planned to approach Canaan from the east, they could not avoid Jericho.

Theme notes and profiles

Rahab

Events

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Jericho Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Prostitute, Prostitution Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks of Jericho Hospitality: Rahab to the Spies Kindness: Rahab to the Spies Reconnoissance of Jericho Treaty: Sacredness of