Joshua 2:14-21

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Joshua 2:1-24

2. The sending out of the spies to JerichoJoshua 2:0a. Sending of the Spies, and their Reception by RahabJoshua 2:1-71And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy [as spies] secretly, saying: Go, view the land, even [and] Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s lot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged [lay down] there. 2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children [sons] of Israel, to search out the country [ארץ,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Joshua 2:1-14

a Heathen Woman’s Act of Faith Joshua 2:1-14 “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 Rahab’s mode of life nor her lies. Her morality was faulty enough, but beneath it, slowly smoldering, was a spark of pure love and faith, and this would consume the rubbish and burn clear, Hebrews 11:31 . The stalks of flax were probably laid out on the roof to dry. She believed, on the ground... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Joshua 2:15-24

the Escape and Report of the Spies Joshua 2:15-24 Rahab’s trust in the promise of the spies, and in the efficacy of the scarlet line around her window is a striking type of the faith that relies on the promise of God, that those who are united with Christ shall be saved in this world and the next. Her faith was not the result of impulse, but of a considerate review of the story of the Exodus. Would you have faith, soak your soul in the fact and teachings of Christ. Note the strict... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 2:1-24

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 recognition of the power of God. Now Joshua himself once more sent out spies. The whole story, however, reveals the principle of his sending was very different from that underlying the sending of the spies in the time of Moses. As we saw in considering the Book of Numbers, the occasion then was... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Joshua 2:1-17

Preparing to Possess the Land Joshua 2:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1-18 , give the story of Joshua's preparations to carry out God's instructions, and to enter in and possess the land. The men, who thirty-eight years before had come up to Kadesh-barnea, and who had refused to enter in, had all died with the exception of Caleb and Joshua. Those men whose carcasses fell, and whose bones were strewn across the wilderness, are also a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 2:14

‘ And the men answered her, “Our life for yours, if you do not tell about this our business, and it shall be, when YHWH has given us the land, that we will deal faithfully and truly with you.” ’ Their pledge was a strong one, that their own lives might be forfeit if they failed (compare Ruth 1:17; 1 Kings 2:23; 1 Kings 20:10 for similar oaths). The condition was that she did not inform anyone about what they had been doing there, or what they had promised her. They were confident that YHWH... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 2:15

‘ Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.’ The rope could have been fastened to some object in the room (they were no longer on the roof for there is a window) so that they could safely descend (compare 1 Samuel 19:12). She was probably used to doing this. A house on the wall was useful for a prostitute so that her clients could easily escape unseen if the need arose. Note the typical repetition common in ancient... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 2:16

‘ And she said to them, “You get to the mountain, lest the pursuers fall in with you, and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned, and afterwards you may go your way.” ’ The pluperfect might be intended to be used, ‘she had said to them’, in order to demonstrate that this is going back to what they had discussed before being let down by the rope, with the facts being stated so that the hearers gathered the gist of the story, then the details being filled in later.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 2:17

‘ And the men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us swear.” ’ In such a case as this constant reassurance was required, for it was a matter of life and death. Their assurance was that they would not let her down. They would fulfil their part in the oath. They were promising that when all was done they would so act that no guilt would be able to be laid at their door. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 2:18-19

“ Behold, when we come into the land, you will bind this line of scarlet cord in the window which you let us down by, and you will gather into your house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, and it shall be that whoever shall go out of the door of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be guiltless, and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.” The piece of... read more

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