Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
(vv.1-2) Jericho is about
Jericho: yerichah Moon: yareach (OTESD)
Jericho: moon city (MCED)
Rahab: An adjective meaning broad (CWSBD)
(Jesus) …summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs… – Mark 6:7 (NASB)
In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? – James 2:25 (NASB95)
(vv.3-5) And the King of Yerikho sent to Rahab and said to her: “Send me the men who came into you in the night, because they have come to spy our land.” – Joshua 2:3 (PHBT)
In the NT Rahab is commended for her not her
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace. – Hebrews 11:31 (NASB95)
Spiritual Reality: The enemy is living in (v.9)
“So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will be afraid of you.” – Deuteronomy 28:10 (NASB95)
Living in fear nearly
Observations from Rahab’s conversion:
Rahab’s faith began by about God (vv.10&11)
We have heard how the LORD (Yahweh)… – Joshua 2:10 (NIV)
Realizes that is coming (vv.9&11)
Conversion evidenced by her (v.11)
…The Lord (Yahweh) your God (Elohim), He is God in heaven above and on earth below. – Joshua 2:11 (NASB)
…if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved… – Romans 10:9 (NASB)
“In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” – Genesis 15:16 (NIV)
“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer…” – Deuteronomy 18:10 (NASB95)
Rahab never questions
A concern for the (vv.12-13)
A desire to embrace a new and with the people of God
Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day… – Joshua 6:25 (NASB)
Conversion evidenced by a change in
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David the king…Mary, by whom Jesus was born… – Matthew 1:5-6 & 16 (NASB95)
Rahab receives a new and direction
(v.21) Cord, rope: tiqwa – a cord, expectation, hope, live, the thing that I
long for (OTESD)
Salvation was available to but received
By faith the prostitute Rahab did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies (messengers [James 2:25]) in peace. – Hebrews 11:31 (NASB)