Jos 2:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Josh 2:1-24: 2:1-24 Like any good military commander, Joshua sent out spies or scouts to get information about his objective. • Because Israel planned to approach Canaan from the east, they could not bypass Jericho . 2:1 Acacia Grove was about eight miles east of the Jordan River on the plains of Moab, across from Jericho (see Num 25:1 ). • In the house of a prostitute strangers could avoid unwanted attention. According to tradition, Rahab was an innkeeper as well as a prostitute (Josephus, Antiquities 5.1.2). Other evidence from the ancient Near East suggests that women who owned and operated inns were often prostitutes.

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‏ Joshua 2:1

Summary for Josh 2:1-24: 2:1-24 ^a Like any good military commander, Joshua sent out spies or scouts to get information about his objective.

• Because Israel planned to approach Canaan from the east, they could not bypass Jericho. 2:1 ^b Acacia Grove was about eight miles east of the Jordan River on the plains of Moab, across from Jericho (see Num 25:1 ^c).

• In the house of a prostitute strangers could avoid unwanted attention. According to tradition, Rahab was an innkeeper as well as a prostitute (Josephus, Antiquities 5.1.2). Other evidence from the ancient Near East suggests that women who owned and operated inns were often prostitutes.