When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them.
Joshua 2:23 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the two men descended from the mountain, passed over [the Jordan], and came to Joshua son of Nun, and told him all that had befallen them. American Standard Version (1901) Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them. Common English Bible Then the two men came back down from the highlands. They crossed the Jordan and came to Joshua, Nun’s son. They told him everything that had happened to them. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they returned and entered the city, the explorers descended from the mountain. And crossing the Jordan, they went to Joshua, the son of Nun, and they reported to him all that had happened to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them. |
When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them.
They said to Joshua, ‘The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.’
When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever.’
They answered, ‘Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.