⁹ Then he remembered his dreams^(A) about them and said to them, “You are spies!^(B) You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”^(C)

⁵ Joseph had a dream,^(A) and when he told it to his brothers,^(B) they hated him all the more.^{(C) 6} He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: ⁷ We were binding sheaves^(D) of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”^(E)

⁸ His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”^(F) And they hated him all the more^(G) because of his dream and what he had said.

⁹ Then he had another dream,^(H) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars^(I) were bowing down to me.”^(J)

³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.^[a](A)

Paying Taxes to Caesar^(A)

²⁰ Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said,^(B) so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.^(C)

⁴ he sent out scouts and learned that Saul had definitely arrived.

²⁴ the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.^(A)”

²³ So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her.^(A) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

Rahab and the Spies

2 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies^(A) from Shittim.^(B) “Go, look over^(C) the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.^(D)” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab^(E) and stayed there.

¹⁶ These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore^(A) the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun^(B) the name Joshua.)^(C)

¹⁷ When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,^(D) he said, “Go up through the Negev^(E) and on into the hill country.^{(F) 18} See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. ¹⁹ What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? ²⁰ How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.^(G)” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)^(H)