Joshua 2:3

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Joshua 2:3 tn Heb “and the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying.”
2. Joshua 2:3 tn Heb “bring out.”
3. Joshua 2:3 tn The idiom “come to” (בוֹא אֶל, boʾ ʾel) probably has sexual connotations here, as it often does elsewhere when a man “comes to” a woman. If so, the phrase could be translated “your clients.” The instructions reflect Rahab’s perspective as to the identity of the men.
4. Joshua 2:3 tn The words “the ones who came to your house” (Heb “who came to your house”) may be a euphemistic scribal addition designed to blur the sexual connotation of the preceding words.