# The two men returned

The two men returned back to the Israelite's camp. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# returned and crossed over and came back

These are similar expressions referring to returning to where the Israelite's are camped. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# crossed over

"cross over" means to go to the opposite bank of the river. AT: "traveled from this side to the opposite side of the Jordan" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Nun

This is a male name; the father of Joshua. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# everything that had happened to them

"all that the men had experienced and seen."

# us

This word, "us," refers to Israel.

# inhabitants of the land are melting away

The people of the land toward Israel are like a substance that melts in the presence of heat. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])