Joshua 2:1-6

1Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.

2The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

3So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: “Turn over the men who came to you – the ones who came to your house – for they have come to spy on the whole land!”

4But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

5When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

6(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)