And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
So the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. And they brought all her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction.
Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that, as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign.
But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window. If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.
And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.
Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. To learn more about Biblical women with slighted traditions, take a look at the Bible History Daily feature Scandalous Women in the Bible , which includes articles on Mary Magdalene and Jezebel. The world of the Bible is knowable. We can learn about the society where the ancient Israelites, and later Jesus and the Apostles, lived through the modern discoveries that provide us clues.
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Each issue of Biblical Archaeology Review features lavishly illustrated and easy-to-understand articles such as:. The All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. From the Book of Joshua in Hebrew and the richly detailed video production of La tierra prometida in Spanish and Portuguese, Rahab is depicted as a kind, caring, brave woman, who had to balance daily dangers with faith.
She and her family were protected from any destruction during the fall of Jericho. She converted to Judiasim and married Salmon, one of the Hebrew scouts she saved in Jericho, and they became the parents of Boaz, the future husband of Ruth.
Rahab is also described as the wife of Joshua. She has been a true hero to the Children of Israel. Despite your past, God can use YOU just as you are. Why is it so important to us whether Rahab a harlot or inn-keeper or combo of these?
If we judge the past in its cultural context we can better understand the languages and attitudes without imposing our own biases, at least until the conclusion of an essay or sermon. Liberal scholarship is a must when it comes for a need to check them out carefully. I have studied Hebrew for many years and I can say with full confidence she was a harlot! The same Greek word is used in the book of Hebrews and calls Rahab a prostitute.
Dating for Joshua was mentioned so a good article is found at Bible. Ru ; Mt , 6 She is also an outstanding example of one who, though not an Israelite, by works proved her complete faith in Jehovah. In the late bronze age when her story takes place historically, it was common for people to build housing adjacent to or within fortification walls like that of Jericho.
She was a harlot who kept her family afloat by keeping her tavern well. Actually if you base the Bible on the New Chronology and not the Old then Joshua and the destruction are at the same time. Jeff: I agree with some of what you say, especially about Deborah. Scripture states that Peter was married.
Jesus went to his house and healed his m other-in-law in the Gospels, and Paul remarked that he had a right to travel with a wife, as Peter did. So when better if… Joshua ever arrived in Jericho there had been already ruins. So the whole story of Rahab belongs into the biblical trash can. Explain more, if you get this. If you look at it from a logical perspective, the city was going to get destroyed anyways. Look on in the other verses where she swore to the spies and mentions the fear amongst them.
My guess is the people of Yericho all knew they were going to die. However, in order to minimize casualties and make it all go faster, Yehoshua sent out spies to scout out the city so they knew what they were in for.
That being said, what better place to hide than a brothel? Or an inn. Or an inn owned by a prostitute? Any of the above are subject to scrutinization. A slight digression, blood is considered red.
The two words are connected grammatically. If you can find me a place where scarlet alludes to blood, other than your own imagination i. The reason why they tied a scarlet string, was most likely for the logical reason that scarlet stands out as a marker. They used to mark the maaser beheimah with red, as it is recorded in the Talmud, specifically because it stands out.
Maaser beheimah, is the tithing of the tenth animal. I can think of many other similar cases. She binds the scarlet line to the window. This is not a hole in the wall, but window on top of the wall used to secure the line. They escape through the scarlet line which comes from above, wherein sin is represented by the harlot and the color of the line which reaches to earth as grace from heaven to earth as an act of mercy.
Also, it is more likely that they did escape through the wall and that her house was in the crack of a wall. Firstly, the language here is bizzare. Even poetically. How do you translate that? Kir is obviously more like the wall of a room, i. Where as homah is more like the wall of a fortification or a city or the whole thing, but bigger.
Probably intentionally, too. Especially since poor people tended to live on the outskirts of the city and those kinds of areas. This reflects the thought of Jewish translators in the BC era since Joshua would have been among the first of the books so translated as it is part of the Hexateuch.
Theologically and prophetically, the fact that a sinner and an enemy of Israel was entrusted with a part in the plan of God is an indication of the role of the gentiles in the history of salvation. The red cloth by which the spies were lowered to safety is a symbol of the saving blood of Christ, which dripped down from the cross for the sons of promise.
Translation of is also important. Mercy is shown to the sinner in the destruction and she is saved — indicating future salvation and pardon from sin for the gentiles. The word can be read either way. The Talmud also states in different places, or at least infers, that she was very beautiful and had been a prostitute since the age of The word itself, Zonah, by itself, means basically a prostitute.
Which means to run to and fro, wander, run away from, run after,to run about as a prostitute, faithless, or to be unchaste. So, obviously, Zonah meaning prostitute is a simple reading of the word.
Zonah, however, can also mean one who provides provisions. Mazon, zoon, etc — all connotative of sustenance, support, nourish, etc. There is a close connection between the words. Finally, Rahab believed that God would reward her for helping the two spies, her, Rahab the prostitute. She trusted that God would see beyond what everyone else saw and choose to save her over all the people in Jericho.
Did she expect that she would one day be the ancestor of Christ? I doubt it. But she knew that she needed to trust God at that moment and so she did. My friend, you can be like Rahab the prostitute, you can choose to live a life that pleases God. You can choose to have the faith of Rahab. When we read the story of Rahab we assume that she was a Canaanite. Taylor pens her story Rahab Woman of Jericho. What if she was actually the descendant of Joseph, a member of the Ephraimite tribe?
Know God—what do you know and believe about God? Too often our opinion of God is based on what other people—our family, pastor, church members, the world—says about Him. But what do you know about God? What has been your experience? As Rahab lived in the wilderness among the Israelites, she had to wrestle with this question. She had to decide what she believed about God. Like Rahab, we have to determine what we will believe about God.
As Christians, we will need to spend time in His Word doing the work to learn more about His character. What if she had had an unrealistic impression of her own strength? It would have been hard to step into the identity God had planned for her. Run your race—In Rahab Woman of Jericho, the main character had to resist giving in to the expectation of others, including her family. She knew what she wanted for her life and she had to remain focused on it.
What is the path that lies ahead of you? Do you have the courage to stay the course? Each of us has to run the race set before us if we are going to accomplish what God has given us to do. Rahab Woman of Jericho will give you insight into what life may have been like for the people who remained in the camp while the Israelite army fought their enemies. It will give you a glimpse into what life may have been like for those first families who had to settle the land while the army remained on the move.
But more importantly, it may give you a desire to revisit the book of Exodus to experience once again the wondrous things God did on behalf of His people. Get your copy of Rahab Woman of Jericho. So how did she become one of the ancestors of Jesus Christ? In this historical fiction, author Diana Wallis Taylor offers a beautiful story of intrigue that suggests Rahab was a descendent of Ephraim, one of the ten lost tribes of Israel.
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