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2. THE SPIES AND RAHAB'S FAITH
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The spies sent forth (Joshua 2:1)_
2. Rahab's faith and works (Joshua 2:2)
3. The escape of the spies and assurance given (Joshua 2:15)
4. The return...
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II. TWO HEBREW SPIES VISIT JERICHO AND EVADE CAPTURE. The narrative is
inconsistent with Joshua 1:11, Within three days ye are to pass over
Jordan. The events in ch. 2 must have taken longer than thre...
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_We will be blameless_ Or, "We are blameless." We must supply "unless
you do what we shall now say unto you." Comp. Genesis 24:41, "Then
shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my k...
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Reception of the Spies by Rahab
9. _the Lord_ The name is remarkable as used by Rahab. But the
Israelites had long been encamped in the neighbourhood, and she might
easily have become acquainted with...
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_VER._ 17-20. _AND THE MEN SAID UNTO HER,_ &C.— Before they left her
house, they had answered her request with respect to her security; as
they not only engaged themselves to perform it, but also sett...
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_The Covenant Made With Rahab Joshua 2:8-21_
8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the
land, and that...
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THE TWO SPIES AT JERICHO
Joshua himself had been one of twelve sent by Moses on a similar
errand, some thirty-eight years before (Numbers 13). The incident,
natural in itself, acquires a special inter...
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JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 2
JOSHUA SENDS TWO MEN TO LOOK OVER THE LAN...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יהָ הָ אֲנָשִׁ֑ים
נְקִיִּ֣ם...
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CHAPTER VII.
THE SPIES IN JERICHO.
Joshua 2:1.
IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise
of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by
God and the...
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THE ESCAPE AND REPORT OF THE SPIES
Joshua 2:15
_ Rahab's_ trust in the promise of the spies, and in the efficacy of
the scarlet line around her window is a striking type of the faith
that relies on t...
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Forty years before this time the spies had been sent out and had
brought back to Moses their reports of the land. Of these, Joshua had
been one of the two who had brought back a report revealing their...
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The third thing Joshua did was to secretly send two spies to Jericho
to survey the surrounding land and especially the city. These two
found a woman of faith in a heathen city. Rahab was a harlot livi...
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And the men said unto her, (h) We [will be] blameless of this thine
oath which thou hast made us swear.
(h) We will be released from our oath if you perform this condition
that follows for so shall y...
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I pass over all the several particulars of the agreement between Rahab
and the spies, to call the Reader's attention to the interesting
circumstances to which Rahab was enjoined by the spies, as signa...
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The book of Joshua naturally follows the five books of Moses, and
indeed is connected more manifestly with those that go before it than
might appear to an ordinary reader. It opens not with a mere par...
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The second chapter contains the interesting history of Rahab. How
beautiful. it is to see the grace of God setting up its way-marks from
the beginning, that the eye of faith may know where to rest, wh...
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AND THE MEN SAID UNTO HER,.... Some think that this discourse, which
passed between the spies and her, was while in the house before she
let them down, or otherwise they would have been in danger of b...
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And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath
which thou hast made us swear.
Ver. 17. _We will be blameless of this thine oath,_] _q.d,_ Great
haste though we have, yet will we...
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_The men said_ Or, _had said;_ namely, before she let them down; it
being very improbable either that she would dismiss them before the
condition was agreed on, or that she would discourse with them,...
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1 Rahab receiueth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim.
8 The couenant betweene her and them.
23 Their returne and relation.
1 AND Ioshua the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men, to s...
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And the men said unto her, in order to obviate the danger of a false
interpretation of their promise and oath, WE WILL BE BLAMELESS OF THIS
THINE OATH WHICH THOU HAST MADE US SWEAR, namely, unless she...
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THE SPIES SAVED BY RAHAB...
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THE SPIES RECEIVED AND HIDDEN BY RAHAB
(vv. 1-24)
Joshua then sent two spies to "view the land, especially Jericho"(v.
1).Twelve men had been sent before at the request of the people
(Deuteronomy 1:...
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8-21 Rahab had heard of the miracles the Lord wrought for Israel. She
believed that his promises would certainly be fulfilled, and his
threatenings take effect; and that there was no way of escape bu...
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THE MEN SAID, or, _had said_; namely, before she let them down; it
being very improbable, either that she would dismiss them before the
condition was expressed and agreed; or that she would discourse...
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Joshua 2:17 men H582 said H559 (H8799) blameless H5355 oath H7621
swear H7650 (H8689)...
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‘ And the men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath
which you have made us swear.” '
In such a case as this constant reassurance was required, for it was a
matter of life and death. Th...
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Joshua 2:1.
Spies are a part of the unhappy machinery of war. They are counted as
necessary as the general, or as the boy who blows the bugle. It is
with an army and in a war that Joshua is now to dis...
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CONTENTS: Rahab and the Jericho spies.
CHARACTERS: Joshua, two spies, Rahab, king of Jericho.
CONCLUSION: Let not God's people be afraid of their most powerful
enemies, for their God can, when He pl...
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Joshua 2:1. _Sent out two spies._ Many read, “Joshua had sent
out.” Being a wary general he would lose no time in gaining every
kind of information. _A harlot's house, named Rahab._ The word is
render...
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_Joshua _. .. _ sent out _. .. _ two men to spy._
THE SPIES DESPATCHED
I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was
a difficult task that had been performed by Moses; did no...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 2:14. Our life for yours] The sentiment is, “If we fail to
regard your lives as sacred, may God so fail to think of ours.” It
became afterwards a common form of oath in Israel....
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EXPOSITION
THE OATH OF THE SPIES.—
JOSHUA 2:12
KINDNESS. The original is perhaps a little stronger, and involves
usually the idea of mercy and pity. This, however, is not always the
ease (see...
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Now chapter two, Joshua sent out two men to spy out the land, actually
to spy out Jericho, because Jericho was the first city that they were
going to come to. Jericho is one of the oldest cities in th...
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2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Samuel 21:7; Exodus 20:7; Genesis 24:3
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PREPARING TO POSSESS THE LAND
Joshua 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1, give
the story of Joshua's preparations to carry out God's instructions,...
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Said — Or, had said; namely, before she let them down; it being very
improbable, either that she would dismiss them before the condition
was agreed on; or that she would discourse with them, or they w...