Joshua 2:1

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.' And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

In Context

2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying: 'Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.'

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Cross References

Genesis 42:9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'

Numbers 13:1And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

Numbers 13:17And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them: 'Get you up here into the South, and go up into the mountains;

Numbers 25:1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.

Joshua 3:1And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came 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 →

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