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Joshua Sends Spies to Jericho
Joshua 2:1-7
1
Y'hoshua the son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Sheetim with these instructions: "Go, inspect the land and Yericho." They left and came to the house of a prostitute named Rachav, where they spent the night.
2
The king of Yericho was told about it - "Tonight some men from Isra'el came here to reconnoiter the land."
3
The king of Yericho sent a message to Rachav, "Bring out the men who came to you and are staying in your house, because they have come to reconnoiter all the land."
4
However, the woman, after taking the two men and hiding them, replied, "Yes, the men did come to me; but I didn't know where they had come from.
5
The men left around the time when they shut the gate, when it was dark. Where they went I don't know; but if you chase after them quickly, you will overtake them."
6
Actually she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them under some stalks of flax she had spread out there.
7
The men pursued them all the way to the fords at the Yarden; as soon as the pursuit party had left, the gate was shut.
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