Joshua 2:1
Then did Joshua son of Nun, send out from The Acacias, two men to spy out silently, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. So they came, and entered the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
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Genesis 42:9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed regarding them,—so he said unto them—Spies, are, ye! to see the nakedness of the land, have ye come in!
Numbers 13:1Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Numbers 13:17So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan,—and said unto them—Go up, here in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain;
Numbers 25:1And Israel remained among the acacias,—and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;
Joshua 3:1So then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel,—and they lodged there before they passed over.
Joshua 6:1Now, Jericho, was shut up and barred because of the sons of Israel,—none came out and none went 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 →