Rahab (of Jericho)
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Named at Joshua 2:1 as a prostitute whose name was Rahab: the two men Joshua sends out of Shittim as spies come into her house and sleep there. At 2:3–6 Jericho’s king sends to her, telling her to bring out the men, but she has brought them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax. At 2:9–13 she says to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land,” and asks them to swear by the LORD that they will deal kindly with her father’s house and save alive her father, her mother, her brothers, and her sisters; at 2:15–21 she lets them down by a cord through the window, for her house is on the side of the wall, and ties the scarlet line in the window. Joshua 6:17 has Joshua say to the people, “Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent”; at 6:22–25 the young men who were spies bring out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, all that she has and all of her relatives, and set them outside of the camp of Israel, and Joshua saves alive Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she has; she lives in the middle of Israel to this day.
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- HEB 11:30–31, engwebp
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
31By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
- JAS 2:14–26, engwebp
14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
17Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.
20But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.
23So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
24You see then that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
- JOS 2:1, engwebp
1Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
- JOS 2:2–7, engwebp
2The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
3Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”
4The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.
5About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
7The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
- JOS 2:8–14, engwebp
8Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.
9She said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
13and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.”
14The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when the LORD gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
- JOS 2:15–21, engwebp
15Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
16She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”
17The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.
18Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
19It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
20But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”
21She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.
- JOS 6:15–21, engwebp
15On the seventh day, they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. On this day only they marched around the city seven times.
16At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!
17The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18But as for you, only keep yourselves from what is devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so you would make the camp of Israel accursed and trouble it.
19But all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD. They shall come into the LORD’s treasury.”
20So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.
21They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
- JOS 6:22–25, engwebp
22Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman and all that she has out from there, as you swore to her.”
23The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.
24They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
25But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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Unresolved interpretation: Rahab of Jericho and the Rahab of Matthew 1:5
- Joshua 2:1–3 says that the two men Joshua sent out of Shittim as spies came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and slept there, and that Jericho’s king sent to Rahab; at 2:12–13 she asks the men to swear by the LORD that they will deal kindly with her father’s house and save alive her father, her mother, her brothers, and her sisters.
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- JOS 2:1, engwebp
1Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
- JOS 2:2–7, engwebp
2The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
3Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”
4The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.
5About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
7The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
- JOS 2:8–14, engwebp
8Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.
9She said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
13and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.”
14The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when the LORD gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
- JOS 2:1, engwebp
- Matthew 1:5 says in the genealogy, “Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab.”
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- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
4Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
5Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
7Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
11Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
14Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
15Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
Joshua 2 tells of Rahab the prostitute, who hid the two men Joshua sent, and Matthew 1:5 says that Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Joshua 2 does not tie its Rahab to Salmon or Boaz, and Matthew 1:5 does not say whether its Rahab was of Jericho. This collection records the Rahab of Joshua 2 and the Rahab of Matthew 1:5 separately and does not decide whether they are the same woman.
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Took part in (4) — Rahab hides the two men under the stalks of flax on the roof, Rahab asks the men to swear by the LORD and give her a true sign, The scarlet line Rahab ties in the window, Rahab the prostitute brought out and saved alive, and the city burned with fire
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Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”
The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.
But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Rahab (of Jericho) (person-rahab-jericho) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/rahab-jericho Current wording: Named at Joshua 2:1 as a prostitute whose name was Rahab: the two men Joshua sends out of Shittim as spies come into her house and sleep there. At 2:3–6 Jericho’s king sends to her, telling her to bring out the men, but she has brought them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax. At 2:9–13 she says to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land,” and asks them to swear by the LORD that they will deal kindly with her father’s house and save alive her father, her mother, her brothers, and her sisters; at 2:15–21 she lets them down by a cord through the window, for her house is on the side of the wall, and ties the scarlet line in the window. Joshua 6:17 has Joshua say to the people, “Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent”; at 6:22–25 the young men who were spies bring out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, all that she has and all of her relatives, and set them outside of the camp of Israel, and Joshua saves alive Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she has; she lives in the middle of Israel to this day. Cited evidence: HEB 11:30–31, engwebp / JAS 2:14–26, engwebp / JOS 2:1, engwebp / JOS 2:2–7, engwebp / JOS 2:8–14, engwebp / JOS 2:15–21, engwebp / JOS 6:15–21, engwebp / JOS 6:22–25, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.