“ And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; ”
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...
DISCOURSE: 244 RAHAB PROTECTS THE SPIES Joshua 2:8-14 . And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof: and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the la...
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; Before they were laid down - literally, they had not yet lain down (see the note at Genesis 2:5 ). She came up unto th...
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...
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...
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 c...
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...
What a wonder working God our God is! Jericho is one of the cities devoted to destruction: and yet in this place there is a precious soul to be gathered to his people! Compare Joshua 6:26 with 1 K...
And before they were laid down ,.... Under the stalks of the flax; or rather, since they are said to be hid in them, before they were fallen asleep, so Kimchi and Abarbinel: she came up unto them...
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; Ver. 8. And before they were laid down, ] so., To take their rest, which in this fright they had little list to. "Sleep on now,...
Before they were laid down To sleep, as they intended. She came up unto them Having got clear of the officers, to the roof of the house , where they lay hid. Here she informs them, 1st, That the...
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...
8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the L ORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, a...
Before they were laid down to rest or sleep, as they intended, being now, after the departure of their searchers, come from their hiding place to their resting-place.
‘ And before they were laid down (or ‘slept'), she came up to them on the roof.' This may mean after they had been first hidden, but before they laid down finally to sleep (compare Genesis 19:4...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:9 . Your terror is fallen upon us] As Moses had predicted forty years before; Exodus 15:15 . Joshua 2:12 . Give me a true token ] Rahab asks them to enter into sole...
Joshua 2:1-18 . Spies are a part of the unhappy machinery of war. They are counted as necessary as the general, or as the boy who blows the bugle. It is with an army and in a war that Joshua is now...
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 . .. 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...
EXPOSITION RAHAB AND THE SPIES .— Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent. Rather, as margin, had sent (see note on Joshua 1:2 ). It might have been at the very time when the...
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof, where they were preparing to pass the night;
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...
Laid down — To sleep as they intended.