Joshua 2:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies  from the Acacia Grove,  saying, ‘Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.’ So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab,  and stayed there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ JOSHUA SON of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as scouts, saying, Go, view the land, especially Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab and lodged there.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

Common English Bible

¹ Joshua, Nun’s son, secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim. He said, “Go. Look over the land, especially Jericho.” They set out and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab. They bedded down there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And so Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim to explore in secret. And he said to them, "Go and consider the land and the city of Jericho." And while traveling, they entered into the house of a harlot woman named Rahab, and they rested with her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Josue the son of Nun sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land and the city of Jericho. They went and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot named Rahab, and lodged with her.

Joshua 2:1 Cross References

Genesis 42:16

Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies! ’

Genesis 42:9

Joseph remembered his dreams about them  and said to them, ‘You are spies. You have come to see the weakness  of the land.’

Micah 6:5

My people, remember what King Balak of Moab   proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove  , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.

Numbers 13:1

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Numbers 13:2

‘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.’

Numbers 25:1

While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove,  , the people began to prostitute themselves with the women of Moab.

Numbers 33:49

They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth  to the Acacia Meadow  , on the plains of Moab.

Matthew 1:5

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

Matthew 10:16

‘Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Ephesians 5:5

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

Hebrews 11:31

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

James 2:25

In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works in receiving the messengers and sending them out by a different route?

Joshua 1:18

Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words in all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous! ’

Joshua 2:2

The king of Jericho was told, ‘Look, some of the Israelite men have come here tonight to investigate the land.’

Joshua 21:31

Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands #– #four cities.

Joshua 3:1

Joshua started early the next morning and left the Acacia Grove  with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan and stayed there before crossing.

Joshua 5:10

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

Judges 1:23

They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz  ).

Judges 18:14

The five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told their brothers, ‘Did you know that there are an ephod, household gods, and a carved image and a silver idol  in these houses? Now think about what you should do.’

Judges 18:17

Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land went in and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the silver idol,  while the priest was standing by the entrance of the city gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

Judges 18:2

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.