Joshua 2:10
Hebrew Bible
9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you. 10 For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. 11 When we heard the news, we lost our courage, and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Joshua 2:10
Septuagint
8 And it happened that as the men chasing after them were going out, before the spies could fall asleep, she came up onto the roof 9 and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you the land. Fear of you has fallen upon us. 10 For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before your face when you went out from the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom he cut off.
Date: 2nd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... Theologically motivated alterations are found in the books of Joshua, Chronicles, Hosea, and Isaiah. In LXX Joshua 1:14 the name of Moses is not mentioned. God himself is the giver of the land, which he had promised to Israel. In LXX Joshua 2:10, the translator opts for a singular rather than a plural verb in order to make clear that the victory over, and utter destruction of, Sihon and Og are attributed to God alone, not to God and the Israelites ..."
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