“Our lives for your lives!” the men
assured her.
“If you don’t tell what we are doing, we
will treat you kindly
and faithfully when the Lord gives us
the land.”
So she let them down by a rope through
the window…
Joshua 2:14-15a
The writer of the book of Joshua states flat out that Rahab was a prostitute whose home was on the outer walls of Jericho, an obvious choice for a couple of men visiting the city looking for entertainment. But these two men were spies, and they must have been quite surprised to learn that this lady of the night was a believer in the one true God. The two sides struck a very dangerous bargain: she hid them from the king’s soldiers, then let them down a rope to flee the city. They, in turn, would protect her when the Israelites came to overtake the city. Both sides kept to their agreement.
Rahab’s courage and faith
in the Creator God saved her and her family, and the two men of Israel. She is honored as one of four women listed in the genealogy
of the Messiah (Matthew 1:5). She is
honored again in the faith chapter of Hebrews 11: By faith, the prostitute Rahab, because
she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
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