Forty years earlier, when the Israelites arrived at the border of the Promised Land for the first time, Moses sent spies into the land to see what it was like. Ten of the twelve spies reported that the people were too scary to fight and the Israelites lost their courage. That led to forty more years of wandering in the desert. Joshua was one of the two spies who brought an encouraging report. Now Joshua is leading the people of Israel, and he decides to send spies as well. The spies go specifically to Jericho, which is the first town they will attack. This time the outcome will be very different as Israel begins a new phase in their life.
blessings,
Sam
Joshua 2:1-7
Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and spent the night there. 2The king of Jericho was told, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to search out the land.” 3Then the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who entered your house, for they have come only to search out the whole land.” 4But the woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they came from. 5And when it was time to close the gate at dark, the men went out. Where the men went I do not know. Pursue them quickly, for you can overtake them.” 6She had, however, brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax that she had laid out on the roof. 7So the men pursued them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords. As soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.
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