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.
2. The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
3. Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”
4. The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.