Archives for July 2020

It’s quite interesting that the Scriptures never condemn Rahab for lying to the king’s soldiers. Quite the contrary actually, when we look at the book of Hebrews we find that she is praised for her behavior. “By trusting, the walls of Yericho fell down- after the people had marched around them for seven days.  By […]

“The king of Yericho sent a message to Rachav, ‘Bring out the men who came to you and are staying in your house, because they have come to reconnoiter all the land.’ However, the woman, after taking the two men and hiding them, replied, ‘Yes, the men did come to me; but I didn’t know where […]

“The king of Yericho sent a message to Rachav, ‘Bring out the men who came to you and are staying in your house, because they have come to reconnoiter all the land.’”-Joshua 2:3 I’ve decided I’m going to refer to Rahab’s dwelling place as an “inn” as opposed to calling it a “brothel” or a […]

“Y’hoshua the son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Sheetim with these instructions: “Go, inspect the land and Yericho.” They left and came to the house of a prostitute named Rachav, where they spent the night.”-Joshua 2:1 The two spies sent out by Joshua were to investigate Jericho AND the surrounding territories. The objective […]

“Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.”-Joshua 2:1 Israel has now relocated to an area called SHITTIM which means “Acacia Trees”. Today this territory is known as […]