Joshua 2:1

Ephesians 5:5; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25; Joshua 21:31; Joshua 5:10; Joshua 6:1-24; Joshua 6:17; Joshua 6:25; Judges 18:14; Judges 18:17; Judges 18:2; Matthew 1:5; Matthew 10:16; Numbers 13:17-21; Numbers 13:2; Numbers 25:1; Numbers 33:49

Related Commentaries of Joshua 2:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An harlot’s house - In the face of the parallel passages (e. g. Leviticus 21:7 : Jeremiah 5:7 ) the rendering advocated for obvious reasons, n...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of (a) Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an ha...
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 Jorda...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua. He had been one of the twelve spies himself. Numbers 13:8 ; Numbers 13:16 . sent . had sent. See Joshua 1:11 . Compare Joshua 1:2 ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. And Joshua the son of Nun sent, etc. The object of the exploration now in question was different from the former one, when Joshua was sen...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 1. And Joshua—sent—two men to spy, &c.— Or had sent, as the Margin of our Bibles more properly renders it. Joshua had certainly sent...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Shittim ] i.e. 'Acacias.' The district referred to is the part of the Jordan basin opposite Jericho, where acacias still are found. An harlot's ] '...
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 ). T...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

II. THE SPIES AND RAHAB. (1) Joshua... sent out of Shittim. — That is, he sent the spies before the people left the place where they had been en...
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 wh...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 bet...
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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter contains that memorable history which is handed down to gospel times, with such honourable testimony of the harlot Rahab. Josh...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A NOTABLE WOMAN ‘An harlot … named Rahab.’ Joshua 2:1 We are to travel back into that remote past in order to study a woman who holds a uniq...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men ,.... Or "had sent" p; for this was done before the above order to depart: it is a tradition o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Joshua sent Or, had sent , before the directions mentioned in the preceding chapter ( Joshua 2:10-11 ,) were given to the officers. This best...
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 se...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Two Spies and Rahab. B. C. 1451. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOSHUA CHAPTER 2 Joshua sends two spies to Jericho; they are sought after; Rahab hides them; deceives the messengers, Joshua 2:1-7 . She acknowl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 2. The Spies in Jericho. This chapter gives an account of the spies sent by Joshua to Jericho, and of their entrance into the house of Rah...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE MISSION OF THE TWO SPIES CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:1 . Joshua sent] Or, as in the margin, had sent. It is probable that the spies had left...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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....
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...
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 d...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Joshua, the son of Hun, sent out of Shittim, a town in Moabitis, where he had his headquarters, this probably having taken place even before the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies at Rahab's House
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sent — Or, had sent: See note ... " Joshua 1:11 " Two men — Not twelve, as Moses did, because those were to view the whole land, these but a small...

¹ And Joshua the son of Nun senta 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.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 2:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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