Joshua 2:1

Modern English Version

Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men out from Shittim to spy, saying, “Go see the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab. They spent the night there.

Cross References

Genesis 42:16

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested, whether there be any truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you are surely spies.”

Genesis 42:9

Joseph also remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. He said to them, “You are spies! You came to see the nakedness of the land!”

Micah 6:5

O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and remember what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you might know the righteous acts of the Lord.”

Numbers 13:1

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 13:2

“Send men that they may explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. Of every tribe of their fathers you will send a man, each one a chief among them.”

Numbers 25:1

While Israel dwelt in Shittim, the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.

Numbers 33:49

They camped by Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.

Matthew 1:5

Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Ephesians 5:5

For this you know, that no sexually immoral or impure person, or one who is greedy, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Hebrews 11:31

By faith the prostitute Rahab, when she received the spies with peace, did not perish with those who did not believe.

James 2:25

Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

Joshua 1:18

Whoever rebels against your command and disobeys your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

Joshua 2:2

The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of Israel came here tonight to spy out the land.”

Joshua 21:31

Helkath, and Rehob, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities.

Joshua 3:1

In the morning Joshua got up early; then he and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan. They stayed there before crossing over.

Joshua 5:10

The Israelites camped in Gilgal and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.

Judges 1:23

The descendants of Joseph sent spies into Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz).

Judges 18:14

The five men who went to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that in these houses are an ephod, household idols, a carved image, and a metal idol? Now think about what to do.”

Judges 18:17

The five men who went to spy out the land went in and took the carved idol, ephod, household idols, and the metal idol. The priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.

Judges 18:2

So the Danites sent out from their families five valorous men from Zorah and Eshtaol in order to spy out and explore the land. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and they spent the night there.