1. JOSHUA SON of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as scouts, saying, Go, view the land, especially Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab and lodged there.
2. It was told the king of Jericho, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the Israelites to search out the country.
3. And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men who have come to you, who entered your house, for they have come to search out the land.
4. But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, Yes, two men came to me, but I did not know from where they had come.
5. And at gate closing time, after dark, the men went out. Where they went I do not know. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.
6. But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order there.
7. So the men pursued them to the Jordan as far as the fords. As soon as the pursuers had gone, the city's gate was shut.
8. Before the two men had lain down, Rahab came up to them on the roof,
9. And she said to the men, I know that the Lord has given you the land and that your terror is fallen upon us and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the [east] side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11. When we heard it, our hearts melted, neither did spirit or courage remain any more in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. [Heb. 11:31.]