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Verse Joshua 2:12. _SWEAR UNTO ME BY THE LORD_] This is a farther
proof that this woman had received considerable instruction in the
Jewish faith; she acknowledged the _true God_ by his essential
cha...
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A TRUE TOKEN - literally, “a sign” or “pledge of truth;
“something to bind them to keep their promise faithfully. The
“token” was the oath which the spies take Joshua 2:14....
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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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AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) here and Joshua
2:13, showing the earnestness of the appeal....
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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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_a true token_ "a verrey tokne," Wyclif; i.e. _a token of truth, a
sign_; comp. Exodus 3:12, "And this shall be _a token unto thee_, that
I have sent thee;" 1 Samuel 2:34; Isaiah 7:11;...
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DISCOURSE: 244
RAHAB PROTECTS THE SPIES
Joshua 2:8. And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon
the roof: and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given
you the land, and th...
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_VER._ 12. _NOW THEREFORE, I PRAY YOU, SWEAR UNTO ME BY THE LORD_—
In acknowledgment of the signal service which Rahab had done the two
spies, she requests of them a favour, which is, that, at the tak...
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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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_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...
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2:12 sign, (g-33) Lit. 'sign of truth.' see ver. 14....
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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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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 2
JOSHUA SENDS TWO MEN TO LOOK OVER THE LAN...
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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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A HEATHEN WOMAN'S ACT OF FAITH
Joshua 2:1
“To view the land” was a hazardous undertaking. The physiognomy of
the Hebrews would certainly betray them, and it did. The sacred writer
does not commend Ra...
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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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True token, such a one as, when I shew it to the Israelites, they may
preserve me and mine. She is not content with a verbal promise, she
requires something permanent and sensible, as a mark of their...
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Observe what views she had of Jehovah, that the grand security she
desired was an oath of appeal to him! Where should she have learned
this? Was not God her teacher? Isaiah 48:17....
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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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12._Now, therefore, I pray you, swear, _etc. It is another
manifestation of faith that she places the sons of Abraham in sure
possession of the land of Canaan, founding on no other argument than
her h...
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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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NOW THEREFORE, I PRAY YOU, SWEAR UNTO ME BY THE LORD,.... Which being
a religious action, and done by men that feared the Lord, she knew it
would be binding upon them: the Targum is,
"swear to me by...
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Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have
shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's
house, and give me a true token:
Ver. 12. _And give me a true...
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_Swear unto me by the Lord_ Hebrew, by _Jehovah_, your God, who is the
only true God: so she owns his worship, one eminent act whereof is,
swearing by his name. _My father's house_ My near kindred, wh...
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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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Now, therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have
showed you kindness, in hiding them from the king's messengers, THAT
YE WILL ALSO SHOW KINDNESS UNTO MY FATHER'S HOUSE AND GIVE ME A...
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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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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...
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Joshua 2:12 swear H7650 (H8734) LORD H3068 since H3588 shown H6213
(H8804) kindness H2617 show H6213 ...
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“ Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by YHWH, since I have dealt
faithfully with you, that you also will deal faithfully with my
father's house, and give me a true token, and that you will save al...
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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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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 2:12 WE WILL DEAL KINDLY AND FAITHFULLY WITH
YOU. The spies’ response reflects the gracious character of
Israel’s God. The distinction between Israel and Canaan was not
based on...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 2:9. Your terror is fallen upon us] As Moses had predicted
forty years before; Exodus 15:15.
JOSHUA 2:12. GIVE ME A TRUE TOKEN] Rahab asks them to enter into
solemn covenant w...
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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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1 Samuel 20:14; 1 Samuel 20:14; 1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Samuel 20:17;...
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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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By the Lord — By your God who is the only true God: so she owns his
worship, one eminent act whereof is swearing by his name. My father's
house — My near kindred, which she particularly names, Joshua...