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Verse Joshua 2:11. _HE_ IS _GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE, AND TO EARTH
BENEATH._] This confession of the true God is amazingly full, and
argues considerable light and information. As if she had said, "I know
y...
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THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD - From the rumour of God’s miraculous
interpositions Rahab believed, and makes the self-same confession to
which Moses endeavors to bring Israel by rehearsing similar argu...
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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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MELT. Compare Exodus 15:14; Exodus 15:15. Prophecy fulfilled.
REMAIN. Hebrew. rise up.
COURAGE. Hebrew. _ruach_, spirit. See App-9.
ANY MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. See App-14,
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4...
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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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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._ 11. _FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD,_ &C.— "Is a God whose
power, far different from that of the idols, who only preside over
certain places of which they are considered as the tutelar deitie...
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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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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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(9-11) SHE SAID UNTO THE MEN, I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE
LAND.... — The words of this confession are memorable in everyway.
Note the fulfilment of the prophetic song of Moses, which is pa...
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וַ נִּשְׁמַע֙ וַ יִּמַּ֣ס לְבָבֵ֔נוּ
וְ לֹא ־קָ֨מָה עֹ֥וד ר֛וּחַ בְּ אִ֖ישׁ
מִ פְּנֵיכֶ֑ם...
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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 as soon as we had heard [these things], our hearts did melt,
neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you:
for (e) the LORD your God, he [is] God in heaven above, and in ea...
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_Beneath. This is the confession of a true convert, (Calmet) inspired
by God. (Haydock) --- For St. Paul commends her faith. (Hebrews xi.
31.) (Menochius) --- The pagans confined the power of their id...
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What a wonder working God our God is! Jericho is one of the cities
devoted to destruction: and yet in this place there is a precious soul
to be gathered to his people! Compare Joshua 6:26 with 1 Kings...
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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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11._The Lord your God, he is God, _etc. Here the image of Rahab’s
faith appears, as if reflected in a mirror, when casting down all
idols she ascribes the government of heaven and earth to the God of...
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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 AS SOON AS WE HAD HEARD [THESE THINGS], OUR HEARTS DID MELT,....
Particularly what were done to the two kings of the Amorites, who, and
their people, were utterly destroyed, their goods made a pre...
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_And as soon as we had heard [these things], our hearts did melt,
neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you:
for the LORD your God, he [is] God in heaven above, and in earth...
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_Before they were laid down_ To sleep, as they intended. _She came up
unto them_ Having got clear of the officers, to the _roof of the
house_, where they lay hid. Here she informs them, 1st, That the...
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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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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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REMAIN:
rose up...
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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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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;...
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Joshua 2:11 heard H8085 (H8799) hearts H3824 melted H4549 (H8735)
remain H6965 (H8804) courage H7307 anyone H376 because H6440 LORD
H3068 God H430 God H430 heaven H8064 above H4605 earth H776
our hea...
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“ And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts melted, nor
did there remain any more spirit in any man because of you, for YHWH
your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.”
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 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 2:11 AS SOON AS WE HEARD... OUR HEARTS MELTED.
Compare Exodus 15:14. On Rahab’s apparent faith, see note on Josh.
2:9.
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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...
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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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1 Kings 8:60; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 4:35; Daniel 6:25; Deuteronomy 1:28;
Deuteronomy 20:8; Deuteronomy 4:39; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 16:19;...
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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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Melted — That is, were dissolved, lost all courage....