Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, reconnoiter the region of Jericho.” So they set out, and they came to the house of a certain prostitute named Rahab and lodged there.
The king of Jericho thereupon sent orders to Rahab: “Produce the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole country.”
And at dark, when the gate was about to be closed, the men left; and I don’t know where the men went. Quick, go after them, for you can overtake them.”—
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
השער
575
לסגור
299
בחשך
330
והאנשים
412
יצאו
107
לא
31
ידעתי
494
אנה
56
הלכו
61
האנשים
406
רדפו
290
מהר
245
אחריהם
264
כי
30
תשיגום
759
Joshua 2:6
Gematria: 2932
והיאהעלתםהגגהותטמנםבפשתיהעץהערכותלהעלהגג
Now she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under some stalks of flax that she had lying on the roof.—
She said to the men, “I know that GOD has given the country to you, because dread of you has fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land are quaking before you.
For we have heard how GOD dried up the waters of the Sea of Reeds for you when you left Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, whom you doomed.bdoomed I.e., placed under ḥerem, which meant the annihilation of the inhabitants. Cf. Deut. 2.34ff.
When we heard about it, we lost heart, and no one had any more spirit left because of you; for the ETERNAL your God is the only God in heaven above and on earth below.
Now, since I have shown loyalty to you, swear to me by GOD that you in turn will show loyalty to my family.cfamily Lit. “father’s house.” Provide me with a reliable sign
The men answered her, “Our lives are pledged for yours, even to death! If you do not disclose this mission of ours, we will show you true loyalty when GOD gives us the land.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמרו
263
לה
35
האנשים
406
נפשנו
486
תחתיכם
878
למות
476
אם
41
לא
31
תגידו
423
אתדברנו
663
זה
12
והיה
26
בתתיהוה
828
לנו
86
אתהארץ
697
ועשינו
442
עמך
130
חסד
72
ואמת
447
Joshua 2:15
Gematria: 2497
ותורדםבחבלבעדהחלוןכיביתהבקירהחומהובחומההיאיושבת
She let them down by a rope through the window—for her dwelling was at the outer side of the city wall and she lived in the actual wall.
She said to them, “Make for the hills, so that the pursuers may not come upon you. Stay there in hiding three days, until the pursuers return; then go your way.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותאמר
647
להם
75
ההרה
215
לכו
56
פןיפגעו
299
בכם
62
הרדפים
339
ונחבתם
506
שמה
345
שלשת
1030
ימים
100
עד
74
שוב
308
הרדפים
339
ואחר
215
תלכו
456
לדרככם
314
Joshua 2:17
Gematria: 3213
ויאמרואליההאנשיםנקיםאנחנומשבעתךהזהאשרהשבעתנו
But the men warned her, “We will be released from this oath that you have made us take
[unless,] when we invade the country, you tie this length of crimson cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your family together in your house;
and if anyone ventures outside the doors of your house, their blood will be on their head,dtheir blood will be on their head I.e., they shall be responsible for their own death. and we shall be clear. But if a hand is laid on anyone who remains in the house with you, their blood shall be on our heads.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
כל
50
אשריצא
602
מדלתי
484
ביתךהחוצה
546
דמו
50
בראשו
509
ואנחנו
121
נקים
200
וכל
56
אשר
501
יהיה
30
אתך
421
בבית
414
דמו
50
בראשנו
559
אםיד
55
תהיהבו
428
Joshua 2:20
Gematria: 3602
ואםתגידיאתדברנוזהוהיינונקיםמשבעתךאשרהשבעתנו
And if you disclose this mission of ours, we shall likewise be released from the oath that you made us take.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואםתגידי
474
אתדברנו
663
זה
12
והיינו
87
נקים
200
משבעתך
832
אשר
501
השבעתנו
833
Joshua 2:21
Gematria: 4655
ותאמרכדבריכםכןהואותשלחםוילכוותקשראתתקותהשניבחלון
She replied, “Let it be as you say.”She sent them on their way, and they left; and she tied the crimson cord to the window.
They went straight to the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers turned back. And so the pursuers, searching all along the road, did not find them.