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10 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the waters of the Red Sea[a] before you when you went out from Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 We heard this, and our hearts[b] melted, and no courage was left in anyone[c] because of your presence. For Yahweh your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. 12 So then please swear to me by Yahweh, because I have shown loyalty to you,[d] and you will also show loyalty[e] to my family.[f] You must give me a sign of good faith,[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:10 Literally “sea of reeds”
  2. Joshua 2:11 Hebrew “heart”
  3. Joshua 2:11 Literally “a spirit no longer stood in anyone”
  4. Joshua 2:12 Literally “I have done with you a loyal love”
  5. Joshua 2:12 Literally “you will do … loyal love”
  6. Joshua 2:12 Literally “with the house of my father”
  7. Joshua 2:12 Or “faithfulness”