Joshua 2

1 Then Joshua [chose] two men from [their camp at] Acacia. He told them, “Go [across the Jordan River] and secretly find out all that you can about the land on that side of the river, especially about Jericho [city].” So the two men crossed [the river and entered Jericho]. They entered the house of a prostitute, whose name was Rahab. They stayed in her house [that night].

and to send: depart Joshua son: child Nun from [the] Shittim two human to spy silently to/for to say to go: went to see: see [obj] [the] land: country/planet and [obj] Jericho and to go: went and to come (in): come house: home woman to fornicate and name her Rahab and to lie down: lay down there [to]

2 But someone [saw them and] told the king of Jericho, “Some Israeli men have come here tonight to spy out the land!”

and to say to/for king Jericho to/for to say behold human to come (in): come here/thus [the] night from son: descendant/people Israel to/for to search [obj] [the] land: country/planet

3 So the king sent some messengers to tell Rahab, “Bring out the men who came and entered your house, [so that we can kill them], because they have come [here] to (spy out/find out all they can about) this land!”

and to send: depart king Jericho to(wards) Rahab to/for to say to come out: send [the] human [the] to come (in): come to(wards) you which to come (in): come to/for house: home your for to/for to search [obj] all [the] land: country/planet to come (in): come

4 She told them that the two men had gone to her house. But she had hidden the two men there. So when the messengers came to her house, she told them, “Two men came here, but I did not know where they had come from.

and to take: take [the] woman [obj] two [the] human and to treasure him and to say right to come (in): come to(wards) me [the] human and not to know from where? they(masc.)

5 At dusk, just before (guards closed the city gate/the city gates were closed), the two men left. I do not know where they went. So, go quickly and search for them! Perhaps you may catch them!”

and to be [the] gate to/for to shut in/on/with darkness and [the] human to come out: come not to know where? to go: went [the] human to pursue quickly after them for to overtake them

6 But [she was lying, ] she had taken the two men up to the [flat] roof of her house and had hidden them under the piles of flax that she had laid on the roof.

and he/she/it to ascend: establish them [the] roof [to] and to hide them in/on/with flax [the] tree: stick [the] to arrange to/for her upon [the] roof

7 The messengers went out of the city to search for the two men. Immediately, the guards shut the city gate. The messengers went along the road that leads down to the place where people can walk across the Jordan [River], [but they did not find the two men].

and [the] human to pursue after them way: road [the] Jordan upon [the] ford and [the] gate to shut after like/as as which to come out: come [the] to pursue after them

8 Before the two men lay down [to sleep] that night, Rahab went up to the roof

and they(masc.) before to lie down: lay down [emph?] and he/she/it to ascend: rise upon them upon [the] roof

9 and said to them, “We know that Yahweh [is about to] give this land to you Israelis, and as a result all the people living in this land are terrified because of you.

and to say to(wards) [the] human to know for to give: give LORD to/for you [obj] [the] land: country/planet and for to fall: fall terror your upon us and for to melt all to dwell [the] land: country/planet from face: because your

10 We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea for you to cross it when you left Egypt. And we have heard how you killed Sihon and Og, the two kings of the tribe of Amor who lived east of the Jordan [River]. You [Israelis] totally destroyed everyone [and everything in their kingdom].

for to hear: hear [obj] which to wither LORD [obj] water sea Red (Sea) from face: before your in/on/with to come out: come you from Egypt and which to make: do to/for two king [the] Amorite which in/on/with side: beyond [the] Jordan to/for Sihon and to/for Og which to devote/destroy [obj] them

11 When we heard about those things, we were very dismayed. We no longer have enough courage to fight against you, because we know that Yahweh, the God whom you [worship], is helping you. [And we know that] he rules everything in heaven and here on earth.

and to hear: hear and to melt heart our and not to arise: rise still spirit in/on/with man: anyone from face: because your for LORD God your he/she/it God in/on/with heaven from above and upon [the] land: country/planet from underneath: under

12 So now [I want you to] solemnly promise me, and ask Yahweh to punish you if you do not do what you promise. Solemnly promise me that you will act kindly to me and my family, because I have acted kindly to you.

and now to swear please to/for me in/on/with LORD for to make: do with you kindness and to make: do also you(m. p.) with house: household father my kindness and to give: give to/for me sign: indicator truth: certain

13 Do something to prove that you will (spare the lives of/not kill) my father and my mother, my brothers and sisters, and all of their families. Promise me that you [Israelis] will not kill us [when you destroy this city].”

and to live [obj] father my and [obj] mother my and [obj] brother: male-sibling my and [obj] (sister my *Q(K)*) and [obj] all which to/for them and to rescue [obj] soul: life our from death

14 The two men replied, “We desire that God will cause us to die if we do not do as we say! If you do not tell others what we [are planning to] do, we will act kindly toward you all when Yahweh enables us to possess the land.”

and to say to/for her [the] human soul: life our underneath: instead you to/for to die if not to tell [obj] word: thing our this and to be in/on/with to give: give LORD to/for us [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to make: do with you kindness and truth: faithful

15 [One of] the outside walls of the house where Rahab lived was part of the wall [that was around] the city. So she fastened a rope outside the window [that was in that wall], by which the men could climb down the wall.

and to go down them in/on/with cord about/through/for [the] window for house: home her in/on/with wall [the] wall and in/on/with wall he/she/it to dwell

16 Then she said to them, “When you leave the city, go up into the hills so that the men who are searching for you will not find you. Hide in caves in the hills for three days, until the men who are searching for you return to the city. Then you can return safely to your camp.”

and to say to/for them [the] mountain: mount [to] to go: went lest to fall on in/on/with you [the] to pursue and to hide there [to] three day till to return: return [the] to pursue and after to go: went to/for way: journey your

17 The two men [gave her a red cord, and] said to her, “This is what you must do; if you do not do this, we will not be required to do what we have vowed to do.

and to say to(wards) her [the] human innocent we from oath your [the] this which to swear us

18 You must tie this red cord in the window that has the rope by which we will climb down. You must let the cord hang there. And you must bring your father and your mother and your brothers and all the others in your family inside the house. Then, when our army enters your land, we will see the cord, and we will not kill the people in your house.

behold we to come (in): come in/on/with land: country/planet [obj] cord thread [the] scarlet [the] this to conspire in/on/with window which to go down us in/on/with him and [obj] father your and [obj] mother your and [obj] brother: male-sibling your and [obj] all house: home father your to gather to(wards) you [the] house: home [to]

19 If anyone in your family goes outside this house into the street, [our soldiers] will kill them, and we will not be guilty [MTY] for doing that. But if anyone who is in this house with you is injured, we will be guilty for causing that.

and to be all which to come out: come from door house: home your [the] outside [to] blood his in/on/with head his and we innocent and all which to be with you in/on/with house: home blood his in/on/with head our if hand: power to be in/on/with him

20 But if you tell anyone what we [are planning to] do, we are not required to do what we have vowed to do.”

and if to tell [obj] word: thing our this and to be innocent from oath your which to swear us

21 Rahab said, “I agree to do what you say.” So they climbed down the rope and left. And she left the red cord tied in the window.

and to say like/as word your so he/she/it and to send: depart them and to go: went and to conspire [obj] cord [the] scarlet in/on/with window

22 When the two men left the city, they went up into the hills. They stayed there for three days, while the men [who had been sent by the king] continued to search for them. They searched all along the road, but they did not find the two men. So they returned to the city.

and to go: went and to come (in): come [the] mountain: mount [to] and to dwell there three day till to return: return [the] to pursue and to seek [the] to pursue in/on/with all [the] way: road and not to find

23 Then the two men started back toward their camp. They went down from the hills, went down to the river, crossed it at the place where people can walk across it, and returned to their camp. They told Joshua everything that had happened to them.

and to return: return two [the] human and to go down from [the] mountain: mount and to pass and to come (in): come to(wards) Joshua son: child Nun and to recount to/for him [obj] all [the] to find with them

24 They said to Joshua, “We are sure that Yahweh is going to enable us to possess everything that is in that land. The people there are terrified [IDM] because of us.”

and to say to(wards) Joshua for to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power our [obj] all [the] land: country/planet and also to melt all to dwell [the] land: country/planet from face: because our