Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 2:22
(22) Three days—i.e., probably until the completion of three days from the commencement of their mission, according to the usual inclusive reckoning of the Old Testament. read more
Joshua 2
Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 2:24
(24) The Lord hath delivered.—Observe the entirely satisfactory effect of this mission, and compare what was said on Joshua 2:1. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 2:1-24
CHAPTER VII.THE SPIES IN JERICHO.Joshua 2:1-24.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 people, but for calling on others to practise the same manly virtue. For the duty which he laid on the two spies - detectives we should now call them - to enter Jericho and bring a report of its condition, was perhaps the most perilous to which it was possible for men to be called. It was like... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 2:1-24
2. The Spies and Rahab’s Faith CHAPTER 2 1. The spies sent forth (Joshua 2:1 ) 2. Rahab’s faith and works (Joshua 2:2-14 ) 3. The escape of the spies and assurance given (Joshua 2:15-21 ) 4. The return of the spies (Joshua 2:22-24 ) The historical account needs not to be restated. Joshua, who was one of the spies sent out by Moses, now sends two spies to view the land, even Jericho. Jericho was the great stronghold of the enemy, surrounded by high walls. Jericho means “fragrance” and... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:1
2:1 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) Which was in the plain of Moab near Jordan. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:3
2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, {b} 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.(b) Though the wicked see the hand of God on them, they do not repent, but seek how they may by their power and policy resist his working. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:6
2:6 But she had brought them up to the {c} roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.(c) Meaning, on the house: for then their houses were flat above, so that they might do their business on it. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:9
2:9 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 promised, De 28:7, Joshua 5:1. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:11
2:11 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 {e} the LORD your God, he [is] God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.(e) In this the great mercy of God appears, that in this common destruction he would draw a most miserable sinner to repent, and confess his Name. read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 2:19
(19) Whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head.—Comp. Exodus 12:22 (the account of the Passover), “Ye shall. . . . strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the bason: and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning; for the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians.” What the blood was to the houses of Israel in Egypt, that the scarlet line in the window was to the house of Rahab. Both... read more