JOSHUA CHAPTER 2 Joshua sends two spies to Jericho; they are sought after; Rahab hides them; deceives the messengers, JOSHUA 2:1. She acknowledges that God had given them the land; her reasons, JOSHUA 2:8. The covenant between her and them, JOSHUA 2:12. Their return and relation, JOSHUA 2:22. SENT;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO-NIGHT; this evening, by comparing this with JOSHUA 2:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Or, _But the woman had taken and had hid them_, to wit, before the messengers came from the king; as soon as she understood from her neighbours, or common rumour, that there was a suspicion of the matter, and guessed that search would be made. And this is justly mentioned as a great and generous act... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TIME OF SHUTTING OF THE GATE; either of her house, or rather of the city, which was shut at a certain time.... [ Continue Reading ]
UP TO THE ROOF, which was plain, after the manner. See DEUTERONOMY 22:8 MATTHEW 10:27 MARK 2:4 ACTS 10:9. Laid in order upon the roof, that they may be dried by the heat of the sun.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORDS, OR PASSAGES, i.e. the usual places where people used to pass over Jordan, whether by boats or bridges; or rather, because of the shallowness of the river, which a little after this swelled higher, as the history will tell us, and as it is very usual for rivers to do. THEY SHUT THE GATE OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THEY WERE LAID DOWN to rest or sleep, as they intended, being now, after the departure of their searchers, come from their hiding place to their resting-place.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUEST. How could they understand one the other? ANSW. 1. The Hebrew and the Canaan or Phoenician languages have a very great resemblance, and are thought to be but differing dialects of one and the same tongue, as the learned prove by a multitude of words, which are common to both of them. Or, 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
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DID MELT, i.e. were dissolved, lost all consistency and courage. This phrase is oft used, as DEUTERONOMY 1:28, DEUTERONOMY 20:8 JOSHUA 5:1, JOSHUA 7:5. HE IS GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE, AND IN EARTH BENEATH; he can do whatsoever he pleaseth in heaven and earth; whereas our gods are enclosed in heaven, and... [ Continue Reading ]
BY THE LORD; by your God, who is the only true God: so she shows her conversion to God, and owns his worship, one eminent act whereof is swearing by his name. MY FATHER'S HOUSE; my near kindred, which she particularly names, JOSHUA 2:13. Husband and children it seems she had none. And for herself; i... [ Continue Reading ]
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OUR LIFE FOR YOURS; we pawn and will venture our lives for the security of yours. Or, may we perish, if you be not preserved. THIS OUR BUSINESS, i.e. this agreement of ours, and the way and condition of it, test others under this pretence secure themselves. By which they show both their piety and pr... [ Continue Reading ]
Which gave her the opportunity of dismissing them when the gates were shut. SHE DWELT UPON THE WALL; her particular dwelling was there; which may possibly be added, because the other part of her house was reserved for the entertainment of strangers.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE MOUNTAIN, i.e. to some of the mountains wherewith Jericho was encompassed, in which also there were many caves where they might lurk. THREE DAYS; not three whole days, but one whole day, and parts of two days: SEE POOLE ON "JOSHUA 1:11".... [ Continue Reading ]
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 with them, or they with her, about such secret and weighty things after they were let down, when oth... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO THE LAND, i.e. over Jordan, and near the city. BIND THIS LINE OF SCARLET THREAD IN THE WINDOW, that it may be easily discerned by our soldiers.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIS HEAD; the blame of his death shall rest wholly upon himself, as being occasioned by his own neglect or contempt of the means of safety. HIS BLOOD SHALL BE ON OUR HEAD; we are willing to bear the sin, and shame, and punishment of it. IF ANY HAND BE UPON HIM, to wit, so as... [ Continue Reading ]
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Forthwith, partly, that the spies might see it hung out before their departure, and so the better know it at some distance; partly, lest some accident might occasion a mistake or neglect about it; and partly, for her own comfort, it being pleasant and encouraging to her to have in her eye the pledge... [ Continue Reading ]
ABODE THERE THREE DAYS; supporting themselves there with the provisions, which after the manner of those times and places they carried with them, which Rahab furnished them with. THROUGHOUT ALL THE WAY, i.e. in the road to Jordan, and the places near it, but not in the mountains.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND PASSED OVER, to wit, Jordan unto Joshua. _Him alone_, not the people, as they did NUM 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
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