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The Spies

Name: The Spies
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Rahab and the Israelite spies stand concealed behind the stone parapet of a house in Jericho, watching in tense silence from the roof. The thick masonry walls and elevated rooftop setting draw the viewer into the danger of Joshua 2, when Joshua secretly sent men to survey the promised land and the fortified city before Israel’s advance. Rahab’s sheltering of the spies becomes an act of courageous faith: she recognizes the Lord’s hand upon Israel and risks her safety to protect God’s messengers. The scene emphasizes secrecy, refuge, and divine providence at the edge of conquest, making it useful for teaching on faith, courage, mercy, and God’s work through unexpected people.

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Jeff Preston

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Keywords	jericho joshua rahab spies
Secondary Keywords	brick building courage dreadful faith harlot helper helping hide hiding israelites male man men people person refuge roof rooftop scared stone stone wall wall watching woman worried
Tertiary Keywords	city wall danger mercy parapet promised land providence
Scriptures	Joshua 2:1-6 Joshua 2:8-14 Joshua 2 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there. 2 And it was told to the king of Jericho, “Behold, men of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land.” 3 Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land.” 4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. And she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. 5 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.” 6 But she had brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax that she had laid in order on the roof. Joshua 2 8 Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof 9 and 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. 10 For 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 Og, whom you devoted to destruction. 11 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. 12 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 13 that you will save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.” 14 And the men said to her, “Our life for yours even to death! 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.”

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