Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
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Keil and Delitzsch ong>Commentaryong> on the Old Testament heart and courage of the Canaanites sank in consequence. Verse 11. "When we heard this" - Rahab proceeded to tell them, transferring the feelings of her own heart to her countrymen - "our heart did melt" (it was thus that the Hebrew depicted utter despair; "the hearts of the people melted, and became as water," Josh 7:5), "and there did not remain any more spirit in any one:" i.e., they lost all strength of mind for acting, in consequence of their fear and dread (vid., Josh 5:1, though in 1 Kings 10:5 this phrase is used to signify being out of one's-self from mere astonishment). "For Jehovah your God is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath." To this confession of faith, to which the Israelites were to be brought through the miraculous help of the Lord (Deut 4:39), Rahab also attained; although her confession of faith remained so far behind the faith which Moses at that time demanded of Israel, that she only discerned in Jehovah a Deity ( Elohim ) in heaven and upon earth, and therefore had not yet got rid of her polytheism altogether, however close she had come to a true and full confession of the Lord. But these miracles of divine omnipotence which led the heart of this sinner with its susceptibility for religious truth to true faith, and thus became to her a savour of life unto life, produced nothing but hardness in the unbelieving hearts of the rest of the Canaanites, so that they could not escape the judgment of death. Verse 12-14. After this confession Rahab entreated the spies to spare her family (father's house), and made them promise her on oath as a sign of their fidelity, that on the capture of Jericho, which is tacitly assumed as self-evident after what had gone before, they would save alive her parents, and brothers and sisters, and all that belonged to them (i.e., according to Josh 6:23, the children and families of her brothers and sisters), and not put them to death; all of which they promised her on oath. "A true token," lit. a sign of truth, i.e., a sign by which they guaranteed the truth of the kindness for which she asked. This sign consisted in nothing but the solemn oath with which they were to confirm their assurance, and, according to v. 14, actually did confirm it. The oath itself was taken in these words, "our soul shall die for you," by which they pledged their life for the life of Rahab and her family in this sense: God shall punish us with death if we are faithless, and do not spare thy life and http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos08.html (1 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:16:56 p.m.]

Keil and Delitzsch ong>Commentaryong> on the Old Testament the lives of thy relations. Though the name of God is not really expressed, it was implied in the fact that the words are described as swearing by Jehovah. But the spies couple their assurance with this condition, "if ye utter not this our business," do not betray us, sc., so that we should be pursued, and our life endangered; "then will we show thee mercy and truth" (cf. Gen 24:27). Joshua 2:15-16 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Rahab then let them down by a rope through the window, namely, into the open country; for her house stood against or upon the town wall, so that she lived upon the wall, and advised them to get to the mountains, that they might not meet the men who had been sent out in pursuit of them, and to hide themselves there for three days, when the pursuers would have returned. Joshua 2:17-20 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos08.html (2 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:16:56 p.m.]

<strong>Keil</strong> and <strong>Delitzsch</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Old Testament<br />

the lives of thy relati<strong>on</strong>s. Though the name of God is not really expressed, it was<br />

implied in the fact that the words are described as swearing by Jehovah. But the spies<br />

couple their assurance with this c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>, "if ye utter not this our business," do not<br />

betray us, sc., so that we should be pursued, and our life endangered; "then will we<br />

show thee mercy and truth" (cf. Gen 24:27).<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> 2:15-16<br />

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was up<strong>on</strong> the<br />

town wall, and she dwelt up<strong>on</strong> the wall.<br />

Rahab then let them down by a rope through the window, namely, into the open<br />

country; for her house stood against or up<strong>on</strong> the town wall, so that she lived up<strong>on</strong> the<br />

wall, and advised them to get to the mountains, that they might not meet the men who<br />

had been sent out in pursuit of them, and to hide themselves there for three days,<br />

when the pursuers would have returned.<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> 2:17-20<br />

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast<br />

made us swear.<br />

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