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CHAPTER II
_Joshua sends out two spies to examine the state of the_
_inhabitants of the land, particularly those of Jericho, who_
_are entertained at the house of Rahab_, 1.
_The king of Jericho i...
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AN HARLOT’S HOUSE - In the face of the parallel passages (e. g.
Leviticus 21:7 : Jeremiah 5:7) the rendering advocated for obvious
reasons, namely, “the house of a woman, an innkeeper,” cannot be
main...
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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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JOSHUA. He had been one of the twelve spies himself. Numbers 13:8;
Numbers 13:16.
SENT. had sent. See Joshua 1:11. Compare Joshua 1:2.
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _ish or enosh._ See App-14.
VIEW, Some...
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Joshua 2:1-7. The Mission of the Spies to Jericho
1. _sent out_ Or, _had sent_. Comp. ch. Joshua 1:11; Joshua 3:2. This
was probably on the same day that Joshua received the Divine command
to cross t...
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_VER._ 1. _AND JOSHUA—SENT—TWO MEN TO SPY,_ &C.— Or _had sent,_
as the Margin of our Bibles more properly renders it. Joshua had
certainly sent the spies to Jericho before he issued in the camp the
or...
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_Rahab Hides the Spies Joshua 2:1-7_
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a
harlot's house, named...
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_AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN SENT OUT OF SHITTIM TWO MEN TO SPY
SECRETLY, SAYING, GO VIEW THE LAND, EVEN JERICHO. AND THEY WENT, AND
CAME INTO AN HARLOT'S HOUSE, NAMED RAHAB, AND LODGED THERE._
Joshua...
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2:1 harlot's (d-27) Lit. 'the house of a woman, a harlot.'...
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SHITTIM] i.e. 'Acacias.' The district referred to is the part of the
Jordan basin opposite Jericho, where acacias still are found. AN
HARLOT'S] 'We know nothing of her after-conduct, but we may well
b...
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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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II.
THE SPIES AND RAHAB.
(1) JOSHUA... SENT OUT OF SHITTIM. — That is, he sent the spies
before the people left the place where they had been encamped for some
months (Numbers 22:1; Numbers 33:49). S...
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח יְהֹושֻׁ֣עַ ־בִּן
־נ֠וּן מִֽן ־הַ שִּׁטִּ֞ים שְׁנַֽיִם
־אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מְרַגְּלִים֙ חֶ֣רֶשׁ לֵ
אמֹ֔ר
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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 R...
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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 Joshua the son of Nun sent out of (a) Shittim two men to spy
secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and
came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
(a) W...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter contains that memorable history which is handed down to
gospel times, with such honourable testimony of the harlot Rahab.
Joshua having sent spies from Shittim to Jericho, Rahab...
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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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_A NOTABLE WOMAN_
‘An harlot … named Rahab.’
Joshua 2:1
We are to travel back into that remote past in order to study a woman
who holds a unique place in Bible history, one whose story is a
romance...
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1._And Joshua the son of Nun sent, _etc. The object of the exploration
now in question was different from the former one, when Joshua was
sent with other eleven to survey all the districts of the land...
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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 JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN SENT OUT OF SHITTIM TWO MEN,.... Or "had
sent" p; for this was done before the above order to depart: it is a
tradition of the Jews q, that they were Caleb and Phinehas; but...
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And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into
an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Ver. 1. _...
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_And Joshua sent_ Or, _had sent_, before the directions mentioned in
the preceding chapter (Joshua 2:10,) were given to the officers. This
best agrees with Jos 2:22 of this chapter, and the rest of th...
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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...
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And Joshua, the son of Hun, sent out of Shittim, a town in Moabitis,
where he had his headquarters, this probably having taken place even
before the officers of the host made the proclamation througho...
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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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LODGED:
_ Heb._ lay...
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1-7 Faith in God's promises ought not to do away, but to encourage
our diligence in the use of proper means. The providence of God
directed the spies to the house of Rahab. God knew where there was o...
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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...
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Joshua 2:1 Joshua H3091 son H1121 Nun H5126 sent H7971 (H8799) two
H8147 men H582 Grove H7851 spy H7270 (H8764) secretly H2791 saying
H559 (H8800) Go H3212 (H8798) view H7200 (H8798) land H776 Jericho...
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CHAPTER 2. THE SPIES IN JERICHO.
This chapter gives an account of the spies sent by Joshua to Jericho,
and of their entrance into the house of Rahab, who hid them from the
king's messengers. It descr...
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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 di...
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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 2:1 SHITTIM was east of the Jordan River,
though its exact location is unknown (see Numbers 25:1). INTO THE
HOUSE OF A PROSTITUTE. There is no suggestion of a sexual relationship...
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_THE MISSION OF THE TWO SPIES_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 2:1. Joshua sent] Or, as in the margin, had sent. It is
probable that the spies had left the camp for Jericho one or two days
before the giving...
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EXPOSITION
RAHAB AND THE SPIES.—
JOSHUA 2:1
AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN SENT. Rather, as margin, _had_ sent (see
note on Joshua 1:2). It might have been at the very time when the
command was given to...
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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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Ephesians 5:5; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25; Joshua 21:31; Joshua 5:10;
Joshua 6:1; Joshua 6:17; Joshua 6:25; Judges 18:14; Judges 18:17;...
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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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Sent — Or, had sent: See note ... "Joshua 1:11" Two men — Not
twelve, as Moses did, because those were to view the whole land, these
but a small parcel of it. To spy — That is, to learn the state of
t...