Joshua 2:15

2:15 Then Rahab36 let them down by a rope37 through the window. (Her38 house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)39

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36	tn Heb “she”; the referent (Rahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
37	tc The phrase “by a rope” is omitted in the LXX. It may be a later clarifying addition. If original, the omission in the LXX is likely due to an error of homoioarcton. A scribe’s or translator’s eye could have jumped from the initial ב (bet) in the phrase בַּחֶבֶל (bakhevel, “with a rope”) to the initial ב on the immediately following בְּעַד (bé’ad, “through”) and accidentally omitted the intervening letters.
38	tn Heb “For her house.”
39	tc These explanatory statements are omitted in the LXX and probably represent a later scribal addition.