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.

² The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” ³ So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab:^(F) “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

⁴ But the woman had taken the two men^(G) and hidden them.^(H) She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. ⁵ At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate,^(I) they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.”^(J)

⁸ Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof^{(A) 9} and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear^(B) of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. ¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up^(C) the water of the Red Sea^[a] for you when you came out of Egypt,^(D) and what you did to Sihon and Og,^(E) the two kings of the Amorites^(F) east of the Jordan,^(G) whom you completely destroyed.^{[b](H) 11} When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear^(I) and everyone’s courage failed^(J) because of you,^(K) for the Lord your God^(L) is God in heaven above and on the earth^(M) below.

¹² “Now then, please swear to me^(N) by the Lord that you will show kindness^(O) to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign^{(P) 13} that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them^(Q)—and that you will save us from death.”

¹⁴ “Our lives for your lives!”^(R) the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully^(S) when the Lord gives us the land.”

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah^(A)(B)(C)

1 This is the genealogy^[a] of Jesus the Messiah^[b] the son of David,^(D) the son of Abraham:^(E)

¹⁷ Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.

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