* my father.
   It is observable that in this enumeration of her kindred,
   there is no mention made of a husband.  It is most likely that
   she was a single woman or widow, who obtained an honest
   livelihood by keeping a house for the entertainment of
   strangers; and not a woman of ill fame, as some have supposed.
   The spies sent on this occasion were certainly some of the
   most confidential persons that Joshua had in his host, and
   their errand was of the greatest importance; is it then not
   most likely that they lodged at an inn?

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