Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2

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Joshua 2 . 1 , Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim; Joshua 2 . 8 , The covenant between her and them; Joshua 2 . 23 , Their return and relation.

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.

Joshua 2:1 · BSB

Shittim2 parallels

to spy secretly7 parallels

even Jericho2 parallels

harlot's house6 parallels

Though the word zonah generally denotes a prostitute , yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess , from zoon , to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist , who renders it , ittetha pundekeetha , "a woman , a tavern-keeper ," and so St. Chrysostome , in his second sermon on Repentance , calls her נבםהןךוץפסיב. The Greek נןסםח , by which the LXX render it , and which is adopted by the Apostles , is derived from נוסםבש , to sell , and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients , women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says , "Among the Egyptians , the women carry on all commercial concerns , and keep taverns , while the men continue at home and weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks

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sent or , had sent

lodged Heb. lay

Joshua 2:2

And it was reported to the king of Jericho: "Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land."

Joshua 2:2 · BSB

told the king4 parallels

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Joshua 2:3

So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land."

Joshua 2:3 · BSB

Bring7 parallels

to search4 parallels

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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.

Joshua 2:4 · BSB

the whole verse6 parallels

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Joshua 2:5

At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!"

Joshua 2:5 · BSB

of shutting7 parallels

the men went out3 parallels

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Joshua 2:6

(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

Joshua 2:6 · BSB

to the roof5 parallels

hid them8 parallels

Joshua 2:7

So the king's men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

Joshua 2:7 · BSB

the fords2 parallels

they shut2 parallels

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Joshua 2:8

Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

Joshua 2:8 · BSB

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Joshua 2:9

and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

Joshua 2:9 · BSB

I know6 parallels

that the Lord7 parallels

your terror10 parallels

faint6 parallels

Heb. melt

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Joshua 2:10

For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.

Joshua 2:10 · BSB

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what ye did3 parallels

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Joshua 2:11

When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

Joshua 2:11 · BSB

our hearts7 parallels

did there remain1 parallel

Heb. rose up

for the Lord9 parallels

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Joshua 2:12

Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

Joshua 2:12 · BSB

swear8 parallels

that ye will6 parallels

my father's5 parallels

give me4 parallels

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Joshua 2:13

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death."

Joshua 2:13 · BSB

my father1 parallel

It is observable that in this enumeration of her kindred , there is no mention made of a husband. It is most likely that she was a single woman or widow , who obtained an honest livelihood by keeping a house for the entertainment of strangers; and not a woman of ill fame , as some have supposed. The spies sent on this occasion were certainly some of the most confidential persons that Joshua had in his host , and their errand was of the greatest importance; is it then not most likely that they lodged at an inn?

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Joshua 2:14

"Our lives for your lives!" the men agreed. "If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land."

Joshua 2:14 · BSB

for yours1 parallel

Heb. instead of you to die

when the Lord10 parallels

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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 2:15 · BSB

she let them3 parallels

for her house1 parallel

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Joshua 2:16

"Go to the hill country," she said, "so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way."

Joshua 2:16 · BSB

Get you4 parallels

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Joshua 2:17

The men said to her, "We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

Joshua 2:17 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

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Joshua 2:18

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Joshua 2:18 · BSB

scarlet thread5 parallels

thy father11 parallels

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bring Heb. gather

Joshua 2:19

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 you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

Joshua 2:19 · BSB

whosoever10 parallels

his blood11 parallels

his blood4 parallels

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Joshua 2:20

And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear."

Joshua 2:20 · BSB

And if thou1 parallel

we will be quit1 parallel

Joshua 2:21

"Let it be as you say," she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Joshua 2:21 · BSB

And she bound3 parallels

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Joshua 2:22

So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.

Joshua 2:22 · BSB

found them not4 parallels

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Joshua 2:23

Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.

Joshua 2:23 · BSB

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Joshua 2:24

"The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands," they said to Joshua. "Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us."

Joshua 2:24 · BSB

Truly the Lord7 parallels

all the inhabitants5 parallels

faint4 parallels

Heb. melt

Reciprocal12 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web11 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Joshua 2:11 → Deuteronomy 4:39, Joshua 2:9 → Exodus 15:15, Joshua 2:9 → Exodus 15:15-16
Echoes Acts 9:25 → Joshua 2:15
Trajectories
Divine Warrior (God Who Fights), Journey to the Promised Land (Christian Pilgrimage), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern), Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles)
Chiasms
Shaped Joshua 2:1–7:26, Joshua 2:8–24, Joshua 2:9–13
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