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Verse Joshua 2:16. _HIDE YOURSELVES THERE THREE DAYS_] They were to
travel by _night_, and hide themselves in the _day-time_; otherwise
they might have been discovered by the pursuers who were in sear...
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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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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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_Get you to the mountain_ i.e. probably the caverns in "the jagged
range of the white limestone mountains" (of Judæa) which rise to the
north of the city, "the same which in later ages afforded shelte...
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_VER._ 16. _AND SHE SAID UNTO THEM,_ &C.— It is not probable that
the conversation which begins at this, and ends at the 22nd verse, was
held under Rahab's window. Nothing could have been more imprude...
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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 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 - rathe...
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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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THE MOUNTAIN] the limestone ridges full of caves, NW. of Jericho....
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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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וַ תֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָ הָ֣רָה לֵּ֔כוּ
פֶּֽן
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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 she said unto them, Get you to the (g) mountain, lest the pursuers
meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be
returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
(g) which was...
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_Days; the remainder of this night, and the day and night following.
It is probable that they would travel only in the night time. (Calmet)
--- If they had gone by the high road, they might easily hav...
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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 SHE SAID UNTO THEM, GET YE UNTO THE MOUNTAIN,.... Which was near
to the city, and is supposed to be the same which is now called
Quarantania: Dr. Shaw, a late traveller in those parts, says m, fro...
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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.
Ver. 16. _Get you...
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_Her house was upon the town-wall_ 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,...
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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 she said unto them as they stood below after their escape from the
city, GET YOU TO THE MOUNTAIN, a wild cliff north of Jericho, LEST THE
PURSUERS MEET YOU; AND HIDE YOURSELVES THERE THREE DAYS, U...
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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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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 pa...
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Joshua 2:16 said H559 (H8799) Get H3212 (H8798) mountain H2022
pursuers H7291 (H8802) meet H6293 ...
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‘ And she said to them, “You get to the mountain, lest the
pursuers fall in with you, and hide yourselves there three days, until
the pursuers have returned, and afterwards you may go your way.” '
The...
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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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1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:29; Joshua 2:22; Psalms 11:1...
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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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The mountain — That is, 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...