she know what their mission is? Although using a different verb (“searching” vs. “viewing”), the informant’s words echo Joshua’s instructions to the spies. Could the informant have discerned this mission from the spies’ actions (which seem at variance with their orders)? Or have the spies been talking too freely? In any case, the king of Jericho responds quickly and like Joshua “sends” men out on a mission of discovery. The scene shifts rapidly to Rahab’s house with the king’s command that she “bring