Joshua 2:1
Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
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Genesis 42:9Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
Numbers 13:1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 13:17Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country.
Numbers 25:1Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;
Joshua 3:1Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They camped there before they crossed over.
Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one 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 →