3The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, |Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.|


In Context

1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, |Go, view the land, including Jericho.| They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

2 The king of Jericho was told, |Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.|

3 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, |Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.|

4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, |Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.

5 It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them.|

Joshua 2:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:3So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that have come to thee, who have come into thy house: for they have come to search out all the land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that have come to thee, who have entered into thy house: for they have come to search out all the country.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, 'Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house, for to search the whole of the land they have come in.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to you, which are entered into your house: for they be come to search out all the country.