Joshua 2
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Summary
Before the children of Israel enter the promised land, Joshua sends in spies to Jericho, and Rahab, a harlot, receives the spies and helps them. In exchange for her help, the Israelites promise Rahab that they will spare her family before they attack the city.
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| (5) And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. | (5) And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. |
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Daniel Belnap, “‘How Excellent is Thy Lovingkindness’: The Gospel Principle of Hesed,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 170-186.
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, “Did Joshua ‘Utterly Destroy’ the Canaanites?” Interpreter Foundation, May 10, 2018.
Jeffrey W. Carter, “Belief in a Promise: The Power of Faith,” Religious Educator 13, no. 3 (2012): 173–187.
Catherine C. Taylor, “The Matrilineal Cord of Rahab in the Via Latina Catacomb,” in Studies in the Bible and Antiquity no. 8, 2016.
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