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.
"And Jericho   ..." "At least three cities of this name have been identified in this location: (1) the Jericho of the N.T.; (2) the Jericho of the O.T.; and (3) the Jericho of Roman times."[13]  Two of these existed simultaneously in days of our Lord's ministry, the same being the explanation of why one of the synoptics described a certain miracle of Jesus as taking place "as he was leaving Jericho," and another said the same miracle took place "as he was entering Jericho."  Both Jericho's were mentioned by Taylor: "A town grew up near the ancient site (razed by Joshua)  ... There were two adjacent cities by that name, so the miracle was wrought at a place between the two."[14]