Joshua 2:1 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

KJV

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of 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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 18 (Ps 86) (420)

Rahab; what is the force of her name? We have been following the historical sense; let us now reflect upon the anagogic significance of the name. Rahab thus admits of two interpretations: the name may imply either a "broad space" or, better, "pride." Consider, therefore, its impact. She who formerly walked the broad, spacious road to death, she whose pride was driving her to destruction, was later converted unto humility.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Jericho - That is, the land about Jericho, together with the city. The land and Jericho, that is, especially Jericho. Harlot's - So the Hebrew word is used, Judg. xi, 1, and so it is rendered by two apostles, Heb. xi, 31 James ii, 25, such she either now was, or rather, had been formerly.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

An harlot’s house - In the face of the parallel passages (e. g. Lev 21:7: Jer 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 Luk 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.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ־	ye.ho.Shu.a'-	Joshua	H3091 →
בִּן־	bin-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נ֠וּן	nun	Nun	H5126 →
מִֽן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַשִּׁטִּ֞ים	ha.shi.Tim	<the> Shittim	H7851 →
שְׁנַֽיִם־	she.na.yim-	two	H8147 →
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים	'a.na.Shim	men	H582 →
מְרַגְּלִים֙	me.ra.ge.Lim	spies	H7270 →
חֶ֣רֶשׁ	Che.resh	secretly	H2791 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
לְכ֛וּ	le.Khu	go	H1980 →
רְא֥וּ	re.'U	see	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
יְרִיח֑וֹ	ye.ri.Cho	Jericho	H3405 →
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ	vai.Ye.le.Khu	and they went	H1980 →
וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ	Vai.ya.vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
אִשָּׁ֥ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
זוֹנָ֛ה	zo.Nah	a prostitute	H2181 →
וּשְׁמָ֥הּ	u.she.Mah	and name her	H8034 →
רָחָ֖ב	ra.Chav	[was] Rahab	H7343 →
וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־	vai.yish.ke.vu-	and they lay down	H7901 →
שָֽׁמָּה׃	Sha.mah	there <towards>	H8033 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 2:25
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
leads to
- Hebrews 11:31
  By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 6:22–25
  Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 2:19–21
  If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with…
- Joshua 2:15
  Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
- Joshua 2:4
  But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
Through
Hebrews 11:31
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
leads to
- James 2:25
  In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 1:5
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
leads to
- Ruth 1:16–17
  But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be…
- Ruth 1:4
  who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,