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Joshua 2:9-21

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 the name of their God.

your terror i.e. "the terror of you." The prophetic words of triumph in Moses" song were now fulfilled (Exodus 15:14-16; comp. also Deuteronomy 11:25).

faint Heb. melt. "Oure hearte basshade, ne spirit bood in us at youre yncomynge," Wyclif. See Joshua 2:24.

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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