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Verse Joshua 2:9. _I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND_] It
is likely she had this only from _conjecture_, having heard of their
successes against the Amorites, their prodigious numbers, and...
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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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I KNOW. Faith's conclusion, from what she had heard, verses: Joshua
2:11; Joshua 2:12. Corresponds with Sarah's "she judged" in Hebrews
11:11.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
FAINT. Hebrew. have...
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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._ 9. _SHE SAID UNTO THE MEN, I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU
THE LAND,_ &C.— As if she had thus addressed them. "Be not surprised
at the care I take for your security. I, as well as you, beli...
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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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2:9 faint (e-33) 'Melt away,' so ver. 24....
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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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YOUR TERROR IS FALLEN UPON US] Cp. Exodus 15:14. Compare Joshua 5:1
for a similar panic produced by the crossing of Jordan.
10F. Rahab had followed the career of Israel with fascinated interest.
She i...
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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 תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל ־הָ֣ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
יָדַ֕עְתִּי...
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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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And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the
land, and that your (d) terror is fallen upon us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
(d) For so God prom...
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_Strength. Hebrew "they faint or melt away," deprived both of strength
and counsel._...
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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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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 THE MEN,.... The two spies:
I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND; the land of Canaan, of
which she was an inhabitant, and in which they now were; this she knew
either by som...
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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 s...
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and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord, Jehovah, of whom she
had heard and toward whom she felt a reverential awe, HATH GIVEN YOU
THE LAND, AND THAT YOUR TERROR IS FALLEN UPON US, namely, the...
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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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FAINT:
_ Heb._ melt...
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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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QUEST. How could they understand one the other? ANSW.
1. The Hebrew and the Canaan or Phoenician languages have a very great
resemblance, and are thought to be but differing dialects of one and
the s...
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Joshua 2:9 said H559 (H8799) men H582 know H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068
given H5414 (H8804) land...
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‘ And she said to the men, “I know that YHWH has given you the
land and that your terror is fallen on us and that all the inhabitants
of the land melt away before you.” '
Here is a clue to her behavio...
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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 2:9 I KNOW THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU THE
LAND. Rahab shows remarkable awareness of Israel’s history (see
Joshua 1:2). The fact that
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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
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
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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 14:15; 1 Samuel 14:16; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Kings 7:6; 2 Samue
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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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Your terror — That is, the dread of you....