And ye came near unto me all of you, and said Let us send men before us, that they may search out for us the land,—and bring us back word, the way by which we must go up, and the cities whereinto we must enter,
Forty years old, was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land,—so I brought him back word, as was in my heart.
Also when Yahweh sent you out of Kadesh-barnea saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given unto you then quarreled ye with the bidding of Yahweh your God, and trusted him not, neither hearkened unto his voice.
Then did Joshua son of Nun, send out from The Acacias, two men to spy out silently, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. So they came, and entered the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lay there.