Joshua 2:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

To spy secretly

Even jericho

Joshua 5:10

Joshua 6:1

Harlot's house

General references

Deuteronomy 1:24

1 Samuel 26:4

Bible References

To spy secretly

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

So the Danites sent out five brave men from all their clans, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to scout out the land and explore it. They told them, “Go and explore the land.”

They came to the hill country of Ephraim as far as the home of Micah and spent the night there.

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

Even jericho

While the Israelites camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month.

Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites—no one leaving or entering.

Harlot's house

But the city and everything in it are set apart to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone with her in the house will live, because she hid the men we sent.

Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,
Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,
Obed fathered Jesse,

By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

And in the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different route?

General references

They left and went up into the hill country and came to the Valley of Eshcol, scouting the land.

So David sent out spies and knew for certain that Saul had come.