Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
Although Plummer freely admitted the immorality of Rahab, he nevertheless tried to justify the entry of the spies into Rahab's house, saying, "It does not appear that the spies entered Rahab's house with any evil intent!"[11]  We are not at all convinced by such an opinion.  The basic truth is that, as soon as these men hit town, they made a bee-line to the most popular whorehouse (known to the king) in town not to do anything wrong?  We pray that Plummer was right!  In favor of that view is the observation made by Philbeck that, such a place, "Was the least likely to arouse suspicion."[12]