1-7 Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim 8-22 The covenant between her and them 23,24 Their return and relation

sent. or, had sent
Shittim Nu 25:1 33:49

to spy secretly Nu 13:2,17-21 Jos 18:2,14,17 Mt 10:16 Eph 5:5

even Jericho Jos 5:10 6:1-24

harlot's house Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an {innkeeper} or {hostess}, from {zoon} to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha, `a woman, a tavern-keeper}, and so Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her (). The Greek () by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from () to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, `Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave.' The same custom prevailed among the Greeks. Jos 6:17,25 Mt 1:5

Rachab Jos 21:31 Heb 11:31 Jas 2:25

lodged [heb] lay

2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

told the king Ps 127:1 Pr 21:30 Isa 43:13 Da 4:35

3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

Bring Jos 10:23 Ge 38:24 Le 24:14 Job 21:30 Joh 19:4 Ac 12:4,6

to search Ge 42:9-12,31 2Sa 10:3 1Ch 19:3

4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

Ex 1:19 2Sa 16:18,19 17:19,20 2Ki 6:19

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

of shutting Jos 2:7 Ne 13:19 Isa 60:11 Eze 47:1,2,12 Re 21:25

the men went out Jer 50:20 Ro 3:7,8

6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

to the roof Jos 2:8 Ex 1:15-21 De 22:8 2Sa 11:2 Mt 24:17

hid them Ex 2:2 2Sa 17:19 1Ki 18:4,13 2Ki 11:2 Jer 36:26 Col 3:3 Heb 11:23

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

the fords Jud 3:28 12:5

they shut Jos 2:5 Ac 5:23

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 your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

I know Ex 18:11 2Ki 5:15 Job 19:25 Ec 8:12 Heb 11:1,2

that the Lord Ge 13:14-17 15:18-21 Ex 3:6-8 De 32:8 Ps 115:16 Jer 27:5 Mt 20:15

your terror Ge 35:5 Ex 15:15,16 23:27 De 2:25 11:25 11:25 28:10 Jud 7:14 1Sa 14:15 2Ki 7:6

faint [heb] melt Jos 2:11 1Sa 14:16 2Sa 17:10 Ps 112:10 Isa 19:1 Na 2:10

10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

For we Jos 4:24 Ex 14:21-31 15:14-16

what ye did Nu 21:21-35 De 2:30-37 3:1-8

11 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 beneath.

our hearts Jos 5:1 7:5 14:8 De 1:28 20:8 Isa 13:7 Na 2:10

did there remain [heb] rose up Re 6:16

for the Lord De 4:39 1Ki 8:60 Ps 83:18 102:15 Jer 16:19-21 Da 4:34,35 6:25-27 Zec 8:20-23

12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

swear Jos 9:15,18-20 1Sa 20:14,15,17 30:15 2Ch 36:13 Jer 12:16

that ye will 1Sa 20:14-17 24:21,22 Es 8:6 2Ti 1:16-18 Jas 2:13

my father's Jos 2:13 Ge 24:3,9 Ro 1:31 1Ti 5:8

give me Jos 2:18 Ex 12:13 Eze 9:4-6 Mr 14:44

13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

my father It is observable that in this enumeration of her kindred, there is no mention made of a {husband}. It is most likely that she was a single woman or widow, who obtained an honest livelihood by keeping a house for the entertainment of strangers; and not a woman of ill fame, as some have supposed. The spies sent on this occasion were certainly some of the most confidential persons that Joshua had in his host, and their errand was of the greatest importance; is it then not most likely that they lodged at an inn?

14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

for your's [heb] instead of you to die 1Ki 20:39

when the Lord Jos 6:17,25 Ge 24:49 Nu 10:29-32 Jud 1:24,25 1Sa 20:8 2Sa 9:1 Pr 18:24 Mt 5:7

15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

she let them 1Sa 19:12-17 Ac 9:25 2Co 11:33

for her house Jos 6:20

16 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.

Get you Jos 2:22 1Sa 23:14,29 Ps 11:1

17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

Jos 2:20 Ge 24:3-8 Ex 20:7 Le 19:11,12 Nu 30:2 2Sa 21:1,2,7

18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

scarlet thread Jos 2:21 Le 14:4 Nu 4:8 19:6 Heb 9:19

bring [heb] gather
thy father Jos 2:13 6:23 Ge 7:1 12:2 19:12-17 Es 8:6 Lu 19:9 Ac 10:27,33 11:14 2Ti 1:16

19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

whosoever Ex 12:13,23 Nu 35:26-28 1Ki 2:36-42 Mt 24:17 Ac 27:31 Php 3:9 Heb 10:29 1Jo 2:27,28

street, his blood Le 20:8,11 2Sa 1:16 3:28,29 Eze 33:4,5 Mt 27:24,25 Ac 18:6 20:26

house, his blood Jos 2:14 2Sa 4:11 1Ki 2:32 Mt 27:25

20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

And if thou Pr 11:13

we will be quit Jos 2:17

21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

And she bound Jos 2:18 Mt 7:24 Joh 2:5

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

found them not 1Sa 19:10-12 2Sa 17:20 Ps 32:6,7

23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

Truly the Lord Jos 1:8 21:44,45 Ex 23:31 Nu 13:32,33 Pr 25:13

all the inhabitants Jos 2:9-11 Ps 48:5,6 Re 6:16,17

faint [heb] melt Jos 2:9,11 5:1 Ex 15:15