Joshua 2:6-11

6 But ¹she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.

7 So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

8 Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,

9 and said to the men, "²I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the ³terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before * you.

10 "⁴For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red * Sea before * you when you came out of Egypt, and ⁵what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

11 "When we heard it, ⁶our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because * of you; for the ⁷LORD your God, He is God in heaven above * and on earth beneath *.

Joshua 2:6-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 2

This chapter gives an account of the spies sent by Joshua to Jericho, and of their entrance into the house of Rahab, who hid them from the king's messengers, Jos 2:1-7; of the relation she gave them of the fear and dread of Israel, which were fallen upon the Canaanites, Jos 2:8-11; and of the request she made to them, to save her and her father's house, when the city should be taken, and to have a sure sign of it given her, Jos 2:12,13; which the spies solemnly promised, and gave her a sign of it, with a charge not to discover the matter to any, Jos 2:14-20; and being let down by a cord through the window of her house, they made their escape to a mountain, where they lay three days, and then returned to Joshua, and made their report, Jos 2:21-24.

Cross References

• 1. James 2:25
• 2. Numbers 20:24; Joshua 9:24
• 3. Exodus 23:27; Deuteronomy 2:25; Joshua 9:9, 10
• 4. Exodus 14:21; Numbers 23:22; Numbers 24:8
• 5. Numbers 21:21-35
• 6. Joshua 5:1; Joshua 7:5; Psalms 22:14; Isaiah 13:7; Isaiah 19:1
• 7. Deuteronomy 4:39

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "then she"
• [b]. Or "become demoralized"
• [c]. Lit "Sea of Reeds"
• [d]. Or "put under the ban"
• [e]. Lit "spirit arose"