Joshua 2:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: ”

Joshua 2:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

II. Two Hebrew Spies Visit Jericho and Evade Capture. The narrative is inconsistent with Joshua 1:11 , Within three days ye are to pass over Jordan. The events in ch. 2 must have taken longer than...
Joshua 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: So the two men returned - Having concealed th...
Joshua 2:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Spies at Jericho Joshua himself had been one of twelve sent by Moses on a similar errand, some thirty-eight years before ( Numbers 13 ). The incident, natural in itself, acquires a special...
Joshua 2:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE SPIES IN JERICHO. Joshua 2:1-24 . IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by God...
Joshua 2:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 re...
Joshua 2:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 thei...
Joshua 2:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is very sweet to exercise faith in God's promises, and to enjoy his mercies by anticipation. Reader! remember that is not faith which hath in possession: it is not to trust God when the promise is...
Joshua 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain ,.... Or came down from it again, by which, it seems, they went to the top of it, and hid themselves in some cave there: this descent, Kimchi...
Joshua 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Three days Supporting themselves there with the provisions which Rahab had furnished them with. The way That is, in the road to Jordan, and the places near it, but not in the mountains. Passed o...
Joshua 2:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SPIES RECEIVED AND HIDDEN BY RAHAB (vv. 1-24) Joshua then sent two spies to "view the land, especially Jericho"(v. 1).Twelve men had been sent before at the request of the people ( Deuterono...
Joshua 2:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 S...
Joshua 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And passed over, to wit, Jordan unto Joshua. Him alone , not the people, as they did Num 13 .
Joshua 2:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them.' When they felt it was safe the...
Joshua 2:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:22 . Abode there three days] One clear day, and part of two others. The spies were probably sent out on the sixth of Abib; on the evening of the same day as that on whic...
Joshua 2:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:1 . Sent out two spies. Many read, “Joshua had sent out.” Being a wary general he would lose no time in gaining every kind of information. A harlot's house, named Rahab. The word is ren...
Joshua 2:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua . .. sent out . .. two men to spy. The spies despatched I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was a difficult task that had been performed by Moses; di...
Joshua 2:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE OATH OF THE SPIES .— Joshua 2:12 Kindness. The original is perhaps a little stronger, and involves usually the idea of mercy and pity. This, however, is not alway...
Joshua 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies Saved by Rahab
Joshua 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Passed over — Jordan unto Joshua.

Joshua 2:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 2:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 2:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 2:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 2:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes