Inerrant Lie #55

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

The secrecy of Joshua is mentioned in 'Lie #54', and it plays a central role in this 'Lie', also. When Joshua sent the two spies out of Shittim, he sends them expressly "to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho [Joshua 2:1a - c]."

Later, Joshua tells the people a different story altogether-- calling the spies messengers-- saying: "And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent [Joshua 6:17]."

Five verses later, the narrative again spills the beans on the spies: "22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel [Joshua 6:22 & 23]."

Again, two verses later, the 'correction' in diction is inserted-- along with it's cypher-- when it is recorded: "And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho [Joshua 6:25]." This is called gaslighting.

Spying is not the same thing as delivering messages. Both contemporarily and classically, emissaries have doubled as spies-- while serving as emissaries-- but Joshua's spies delivered no message to Jericho. They weren't sent to. They were sent to spy. They did, however, deliver a prostitute to the sorceress whore [Isaiah 57:3] they call their mother.