2Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men out secretly from Shitʹtim*+ as spies, saying: “Go, take a look at the land and Jerʹi·cho.” So they went and came to the house of a prostitute woman whose name was Raʹhab,+ and they took up lodging there.
4 As for his father and his mother, they did not know that that was from Jehovah,+ that he was looking for an opportunity against the Phi·lisʹtines, as at that particular time the Phi·lisʹtines were ruling over Israel.+