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Agriculture?

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"The English idiom the World's second oldest profession is used to refer to a number of professions. One frequent use of the phrase is to refer to spies and spying.[1] [2] An explanation of this phrase is that it must be the second oldest profession because it is mentioned in the bible.

"Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly with orders to reconnoitre the country. The two men came to Jericho and went to the house of a prostitute named Rahab..."

Paul Reynolds, a writer with the BBC, noted: "Rahab, of course, was engaged in the oldest profession."

Ronald Reagan nominated politics as the second-oldest profession with the quip "It's been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."[3]

Other frequently named professions are doctor, philosopher, politician, lawyer, soldier, merchant and farmer.[citation needed]

Other writers write about other professions as the world's second oldest profession without stating why they should be considered the second oldest profession.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]"