³⁰ The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

¹ Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.