約書亞記 2:1-7 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:1-12

Rahab and the spies. Three points demand our attention in this narrative. First, the conduct of Joshua; secondly, of the spies; and thirdly, of Rahab. I. JOSHUA 'S CONDUCT . Here we may observe that— 1. He does not despise the use of means. He was under God's special protection. God had promised ( Joshua 1:5 ) that he would not fail him nor forsake him." He had seen miracles wrought in abundance, and was destined to receive other proofs of God's extraordinary presence with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:4

And the woman took the two men. The majority of commentators are of opinion that here, as in Joshua 2:1 , we must render by the pluperfect. For, as Calvin remarks, Rahab would hardly have dared to lie so coolly had she not previously taken precautions to conceal her guests. And therefore she must have told a twofold falsehood. She must have discovered, or been made acquainted with, their errand, and therefore have "known whence they were," in addition to her assertion that she did not know... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:4

The harlot Rahab. A peculiar interest has always attached to this woman's case. Of the doomed nations with whom Israel came into collision, she is the first to be known, and the first to escape the doom ordained for them: an early type of the calling of the Gentiles; a whisper that the faith which was a sacred secret for Israel would yet become the heritage of the world; a study for early theologians on the sovereign grace of God, which can call those farthest off and make them vessels of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:5

I wot not. Much has Been said about Rahab's falsehood which is little to the point. The sacred historian simply narrates the fact, and makes no comment whatever upon it. But the fact that Rahab afterwards became the wife of Salmon, a prince of the tribe of Judah, as the genealogy in St. Matthew informs us, shows that neither her falsehood nor her mode of life excited much disapprobation among the Jews. Nor need this surprise us. There is no need, with Keil, to repudiate energetically the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:6

But she had brought them up. Literally, and she caused them to ascend; but our version has very properly (see Joshua 2:4 ) given the preterite the pluperfect sense here. "Two strangers, Israelites, spies, have a safe harbour provided them, even amongst their enemies, against the proclamation of a king." "Where cannot the God of heaven either find or raise up friends to His own causes and servants?" (Bp. Hall) To the roof of the house. The flat roofs of Oriental, and even of Greek and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:7

Unto the fords. There were several of these fords. One near Jericho (cf, 3:28 ; 12:5 , 12:6 ; 2 Samuel 17:22 , 2 Samuel 17:24 ; 2 Samuel 19:16 , 2 Samuel 19:19 , 2 Samuel 19:39 ); one at Bethsean, now Beisan, leading to Succoth ( 8:4 ; cf. Genesis 32:22 ; Genesis 33:17 . See Robinson, ' Biblical Researches' 2.497; Ritter, 'Geography of Palestine'); beside others not mentioned in Scripture. A vivid description of the crossing the Jordan at the fords near Jericho is to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:1

An harlot’s house - In the face of the parallel passages (e. g. Leviticus 21:7 : Jeremiah 5:7) the rendering advocated for obvious reasons, namely, “the house of a woman, an innkeeper,” cannot be maintained. Rahab must remain an example under the Law similar to that Luke 7:37 under the Gospel, of “a woman that was a sinner,” yet, because of her faith, not only pardoned, but exalted to the highest honor. Rahab was admitted among the people of God; she intermarried into a chief family of a chief... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:4

I wist not whence they were - Rahab acted as she did from the belief in God’s declared word, and conviction that resistance to His will would be both vain and wicked Joshua 2:9-11. Thus, she manifested a faith both sound and practical, and is praised accordingly Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25. The falsehood to which she had recourse may be excused by the pressure of circumstances and by her own antecedents, but cannot be defended. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:6

Stalks of flax - literally, “the carded fibres of the tree.” The flax in Palestine grew to more than three feet in height, with a stalk as thick as a cane. It was probably with the flax stalks, recently cut (compare Exodus 9:31, note) and laid out on the house roof to dry, that Rahab hid the spies. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:7

The sense is, that “they pursued along the way which leads to Jordan and across the fords;” probably those described in Judges 3:28. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:7

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