Joshua 2
1 Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim.8 The covenant between her and them.23 Their return and relation. sent. or, had sent. Shittim.Nu 25:1; 33:49to spy secretly.Nu 13:2,17-21; Jud 18:2,14,17; Mt 10:16; Eph 5:5even Jericho.5:10; 6:1-24harlot'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 St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porné,] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [pernaó,] 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. 6:17,25; Mt 1:5Rachab.21:31; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25lodged. Heb. lay. told the king.Ps 127:1; Pr 21:30; Isa 43:13; Da 4:35 Bring.10:23; Ge 38:24; Le 24:14; Job 21:30; Joh 19:4; Ac 12:4,6to search.Ge 42:9-12,31; 2Sa 10:3; 1Ch 19:3 Ex 1:19; 2Sa 16:18,19; 17:19,20; 2Ki 6:19 of shutting.7; Ne 13:19; Isa 60:11; Eze 47:1,2,12; Re 21:25the men went out.Jer 50:20; Ro 3:7,8 to the roof.8; Ex 1:15-21; De 22:8; 2Sa 11:2; Mt 24:17hid them.Ex 2:2; 2Sa 17:19; 1Ki 18:4,13; 2Ki 11:2; Jer 36:26; Col 3:3Heb 11:23 the fords.Jud 3:28; 12:5they shut.5; Ac 5:23 8 I know.Ex 18:11; 2Ki 5:15; Job 19:25; Ec 8:12; Heb 11:1,2that the Lord.Ge 13:14-17; 15:18-21; Ex 3:6-8; De 32:8; Ps 115:16; Jer 27:5Mt 20:15your terror.Ge 35:5; Ex 15:15,16; 23:27; De 2:25; 11:25; 28:10; Jud 7:141Sa 14:15; 2Ki 7:6faint. Heb. melt.11; 1Sa 14:16; 2Sa 17:10; Ps 112:10; Isa 19:1; Na 2:10 For we.4:24; Ex 14:21-31; 15:14-16what ye did.Nu 21:21-35; De 2:30-37; 3:1-8 our hearts.5:1; 7:5; 14:8; De 1:28; 20:8; Isa 13:7; Na 2:10did there remain. Heb. rose up.Re 6:16for the Lord.De 4:39; 1Ki 8:60; Ps 83:18; 102:15; Jer 16:19-21; Da 4:34,35Da 6:25-27; Zec 8:20-23 swear.9:15,18-20; 1Sa 20:14,15,17; 30:15; 2Ch 36:13; Jer 12:16that ye will.1Sa 20:14-17; 24:21,22; Es 8:6; 2Ti 1:16-18; Jas 2:13my father's.13; Ge 24:3,9; Ro 1:31; 1Ti 5:8give me.18; Ex 12:13; Eze 9:4-6; Mr 14:44 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? 13 for your's. Heb. instead of you to die.1Ki 20:39when the Lord.6:17,25; Ge 24:49; Nu 10:29-32; Jud 1:24,25; 1Sa 20:8; 2Sa 9:1Pr 18:24; Mt 5:7 she let them.1Sa 19:12-17; Ac 9:25; 2Co 11:33for her house.6:20 Get you.22; 1Sa 23:14,29; Ps 11:1 20; Ge 24:3-8; Ex 20:7; Le 19:11,12; Nu 30:2; 2Sa 21:1,2,7 scarlet thread.21; Le 14:4; Nu 4:8; 19:6; Heb 9:19bring. Heb. gather. thy father.13; 6:23; Ge 7:1; 12:2; 19:12-17; Es 8:6; Lu 19:9; Ac 10:27,33Ac 11:14; 2Ti 1:16 whosoever.Ex 12:13,23; Nu 35:26-28; 1Ki 2:36-42; Mt 24:17; Ac 27:31; Php 3:9Heb 10:29; 1Jo 2:27,28street, his blood.Le 20:9,11; 2Sa 1:16; 3:28,29; Eze 33:4,5; Mt 27:24,25; Ac 18:6Ac 20:26house, his blood.14; 2Sa 4:11; 1Ki 2:32; Mt 27:25 And if thou.Pr 11:13we will be quit.17 And she bound.18; Mt 7:24; Joh 2:5 found them not.1Sa 19:10-12; 2Sa 17:20; Ps 32:6,7 23 Truly the Lord.1:8; 21:44,45; Ex 23:31; Nu 13:32,33; Pr 25:13all the inhabitants.9-11; Ps 48:5,6; Re 6:16,17faint. Heb. melt.9,11; 5:1; Ex 15:15
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