Jos 2
1 Identify keys
▸ ± Jos 2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were]: ▸ ± Jos 2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
▸ ± Pr 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
2 Rightly divide the word
▸ ± Jos 2:1 ¶ 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’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Incarnation: Christ came to the world, and for 30 years 'spied on us' before beginning his ministry. He met he harlot bride.
▸ ± [[{{{1}}}]] Soon as we had heard [these things], our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he [is] God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. ▸ ± Jos 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token: ▸ ± Jos 2:13 And [that] ye will save alive my father, And my mother, And my brethren, And my sisters, And all that they have, And deliver our lives from death. ▸ ± Jos 2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. ▸ ± Jos 2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house [was] upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. ▸ ± Jos 2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. ▸ ± Jos 2:17 And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. ▸ ± Jos 2:18 Behold, [when] we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. ▸ ± Jos 2:19 And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood [shall be] upon his head, and we [will be] guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood [shall be] on our head, if [any] hand be upon him. ▸ ± Jos 2:20 And if thou utter this our business, Then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. ▸ ± Jos 2:21 And she said, According unto your words, So [be] it. and she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. ▸ ± Jos 2:22 ¶ 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. ▸ ± Jos 2:23 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: ▸ ± Jos 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
