Joshua 2:10

10 For we have heard how the LORD made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed.

Joshua 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:10

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red
sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt
To make a passage for them through it, to walk in as on dry land; this they had heard of and remembered, though it was forty years ago:

and what you did unto the kings of the Amorites that [were] on the
other side Jordan:
which were things more recent, done but a few months ago:

Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed;
the history of which see in ( Numbers 21:21-35 ) ; who were destroyed by them under Moses and Joshua their commanders; and Hercules, who is thought to be the same with Joshua, is by Lucian ^F7 called Ogmius, from slaying Og, as is supposed ^F8.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 In Hercule.
F8 Dickinson. Delph. Phoenic. c. 4. p. 44.

Joshua 2:10 In-Context

8 Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them.

9 “I know the LORD has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror.

10 For we have heard how the LORD made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed.

11 No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the LORD your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.

12 “Now swear to me by the LORD that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew sea of reeds.
• [b]. The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.