Solomon’s Wisdom in Judgment

¹⁶ Later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

¹⁶ When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide between one person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God.”

Jephthah

11 Now Jephthah the Gileadite, the son of a prostitute, was a mighty warrior. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.^(A)

Spies Sent to Jericho

2 Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and spent the night there.^(A)

¹⁷ “None of the daughters of Israel shall serve in an illicit shrine; none of the sons of Israel shall serve in an illicit shrine.^(A)

² They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

²⁹ “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.^(A)

¹³ The next day Moses sat as judge for the people, while the people stood around him from morning until evening.