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Jos 2:1 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

sent		or, had sent.
Shittim		Num 25:1; Num 33:49
to spy secretly		Num 13:2,17-21; Jdg 18:2,14,17; Mat 10:16; Eph 5:5
even Jericho		Jos 5:10; Jos 6:1-24
harlot's house		"Though the word zonah generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from zoon, to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, ittetha pundekeetha, ""a woman, a tavern-keeper,"" and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porné] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [pernaó] to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, ""Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave."" The same custom prevailed among the Greeks. Jos 6:17,25; Mat 1:5; Rachab. Jos 21:31; Hbr 11:31; Jam 2:25"
lodged		Heb. lay.

Correlating Passages

Shittim

	Num 25:1	And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
	Num 33:49	And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth [even] unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

to spy secretly

	Num 13:2	Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
	Num 13:17	And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:
	Num 13:18	And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they [be] strong or weak, few or many;
	Num 13:19	And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
	Num 13:20	And what the land [is], whether it [be] fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time [was] the time of the firstripe grapes.
	Num 13:21	So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
	Jdg 18:2	And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
	Jdg 18:14	Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
	Jdg 18:17	And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.
	Mat 10:16	Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
	Eph 5:5	For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

even Jericho

	Jos 5:10	And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
	Jos 6:1	Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
	Jos 6:2	And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty men of valour.
	Jos 6:3	And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
	Jos 6:4	And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
	Jos 6:5	And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [blast] with the ram's horn, [and] when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
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harlot's house

	Jos 6:17	And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
	Jos 6:25	And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel [even] unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
	Mat 1:5	And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
	Jos 21:31	Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
	Hbr 11:31	By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
	Jam 2:25	Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?

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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 2:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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