In his days did Hiel the Beit-Elite build Yericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of YY , which he spake by Y'howshu`a the son of Nun.
And Y'howshu`a the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Yericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named RAchav, and lodged there.
And they came to Yericho: and as he went out of Yericho with his talmidim and a great number of people, blind Bar-Timai, the son of Timai, sat by the highway side begging.