_AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN SENT OUT OF SHITTIM TWO MEN TO SPY SECRETLY, SAYING, GO VIEW THE LAND, EVEN JERICHO. AND THEY WENT, AND CAME INTO AN HARLOT'S HOUSE, NAMED RAHAB, AND LODGED THERE._ Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly. Faith is manifested by an active perseve... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT WAS TOLD THE KING OF JERICHO, SAYING, BEHOLD, THERE CAME MEN IN HITHER TO NIGHT OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO SEARCH OUT THE COUNTRY._ It was told the king - by the sentinels who at such a time of threatened invasion would be posted on the eastern frontier, and whose duty required them to ma... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF JERICHO SENT UNTO RAHAB, SAYING, BRING FORTH THE MEN THAT ARE COME TO THEE, WHICH ARE ENTERED INTO THINE HOUSE: FOR THEY BE COME TO SEARCH OUT ALL THE COUNTRY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WOMAN TOOK THE TWO MEN, AND HID THEM, AND SAID THUS, THERE CAME MEN UNTO ME, BUT I WIST NOT WHENCE THEY WERE:_ The woman took the two men and hid them - literally, him; i:e., each of them in separate places, of course previous to the appearance of the royal messengers, and in anticipation... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ABOUT THE TIME OF SHUTTING OF THE GATE, WHEN IT WAS DARK, THAT THE MEN WENT OUT: WHITHER THE MEN WENT I WOT NOT: PURSUE AFTER THEM QUICKLY; FOR YE SHALL OVERTAKE THEM._ The time of shutting of the gate. The gates of all Oriental cities are closed at sunset, after which there is... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT SHE HAD BROUGHT THEM UP TO THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE, AND HID THEM WITH THE STALKS OF FLAX, WHICH SHE HAD LAID IN ORDER UPON THE ROOF._ She had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax. Flax with other vegetable productions, is at a certain season spread out o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MEN PURSUED AFTER THEM THE WAY TO JORDAN UNTO THE FORDS: AND AS SOON AS THEY WHICH PURSUED AFTER THEM WERE GONE OUT, THEY SHUT THE GATE._ The men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords. That river is crossed at several well-known fords. The first and second immediately below t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BEFORE THEY WERE LAID DOWN, SHE CAME UP UNTO THEM UPON THE ROOF;_ Before they were laid down - literally, they had not yet lain down (see the note at Genesis 2:5). SHE CAME UP UNTO THEM UPON THE ROOF; AND ... SAID. Rahab's dialogue is full of interest, as showing the universal panic and const... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE SAID UNTO THE MEN, I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND, AND THAT YOUR TERROR IS FALLEN UPON US, AND THAT ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND FAINT BECAUSE OF YOU._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MEN ANSWERED HER, OUR LIFE FOR YOURS, IF YE UTTER NOT THIS OUR BUSINESS. AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN THE LORD HATH GIVEN US THE LAND, THAT WE WILL DEAL KINDLY AND TRULY WITH THEE._ The men answered her, Our life for yours. This was a solemn pledge-a virtual oath, though the name of God is not me... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SHE LET THEM DOWN BY A CORD THROUGH THE WINDOW: FOR HER HOUSE WAS UPON THE TOWN WALL, AND SHE DWELT UPON THE WALL._ Her house was upon the town wall. In many Oriental cities houses are built on the walls with overhanging windows; in others the town wall forms the back wall of the house, so th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE SAID UNTO THEM, GET YOU TO THE MOUNTAIN, LEST THE PURSUERS MEET YOU; AND HIDE YOURSELVES THERE THREE DAYS, UNTIL THE PURSUERS BE RETURNED: AND AFTERWARD MAY YE GO YOUR WAY._ She said - rather, 'she had said;' for what follows must have been part of the previous conversation. GET YOU TO T... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MEN SAID UNTO HER, WE WILL BE BLAMELESS OF THIS THINE OATH WHICH THOU HAST MADE US SWEAR._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE, THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL GO OUT OF THE DOORS OF THY HOUSE INTO THE STREET, HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIS HEAD, AND WE WILL BE GUILTLESS: AND WHOSOEVER SHALL BE WITH THEE IN THE HOUSE, HIS BLOOD SHALL BE ON OUR HEAD, IF ANY HAND BE UPON HIM._ HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIS HEAD, х_ DAAMOW_ ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF THOU UTTER THIS OUR BUSINESS, THEN WE WILL BE QUIT OF THINE OATH WHICH THOU HAST MADE US TO SWEAR._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE SAID, ACCORDING UNTO YOUR WORDS, SO BE IT. AND SHE SENT THEM AWAY, AND THEY DEPARTED: AND SHE BOUND THE SCARLET LINE IN THE WINDOW._ She bound the scarlet line in the window - probably soon after the departure of the spies. It was not formed, as Harmer supposes, rate network, as a lattice,... [ Continue Reading ]