1. Then Joshua sent two spies from the camp at Acacia with orders to go and secretly explore the land of Canaan, especially the city of Jericho. When they came to the city, they went to spend the night in the house of a prostitute named Rahab.
2. The king of Jericho heard that some Israelites had come that night to spy out the country,
3. so he sent word to Rahab: “The men in your house have come to spy out the whole country! Bring them out!”