1. Joshua chose two men as spies and sent them from their camp at Acacia with these instructions: “Go across the river and find out as much as you can about the whole region, especially about the town of Jericho.”The two spies left the Israelite camp at Acacia and went to Jericho, where they decided to spend the night at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.
2. But someone found out about them and told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelite men came here tonight, and they are spies.”
8. Rahab went back up to her roof. The spies were still awake, so she told them:
9. I know that the Lord has given Israel this land. Everyone shakes with fear because of you.
10. We heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea so you could leave Egypt. And we heard how you destroyed Sihon and Og, those two Amorite kings east of the River Jordan.