²¹ Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

^12 (A)Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven.

Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’ House

19 Then Jesus entered and passed through ^(A)Jericho.

³⁰ Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among ^[a]thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

¹⁹ And the border passed along to the north side of Beth Hoglah; then ^[a]the border ended at the north bay at the ^(A)Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.

⁶ The border went up to ^(A)Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up ^(B)to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

The Destruction of Jericho

6 Now ^(A)Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in.

Rahab Hides the Spies^(A)

2 Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men ^(B)from ^[a]Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.”

So they went, and ^(C)came to the house of a harlot named ^(D)Rahab, and ^[b]lodged there.