Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
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Genesis 42:9Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.
Numbers 13:1And the Lord said to Moses,
Numbers 13:17So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;
Numbers 25:1Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
Joshua 3:1Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.
Joshua 6:1(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)
Matthew Henry on Joshua 2:1
In this chapter we have an account of the scouts that were employed to bring an account to Joshua of the posture of the city of Jericho. Observe here, I. How Joshua sent them, ver. 1 . II. How Rahab received them, and protected them, and told a lie for them ( ver. 2-7 ), so that they escaped out of the hands of the enemy. III. The account she gave them of the present posture of Jericho, and the panic-fear they were struck with upon the approach of Israel, ver. 8-11 . IV. The bargain she made with them for the… Read the whole commentary →