She told them, &#8220;Head<n id="1" /> to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don&#8217;t find you.<n id="2" /> Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you<n id="3" /> to return. Then you can be on your way.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:<n id="1" /> &#8220;Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.&#8221;<n id="2" /> They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, &#8220;Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the <sc>Lordsc> here in Shiloh.&#8221;