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Joshua, the son of Nun, secretly sent two spies from Shittim [a city east of the Jordan River just north of the Dead Sea where the Israelites had been camped for a long time] and said: "Go into the land [west of the Jordan] and explore it, especially [the city] Jericho." They set out and stopped at the house of a prostitute [built on top of the wall, probably near the gate of Jericho]. The woman's name was Rahab (Rachav), and they spent the night there. [This was a strategically good place to hide. The larger cities of Canaan were small kingdoms, each ruled by a local king. Despite the spies' caution, the guards at the city gate must have seen them.]
Then the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab (Hebr. Rachav): "Hand over the men who came to you (your clients), those who came to your house, for they are here to explore the land." [In the Hebrew text, there is a sexual allusion to "came to you," which is probably why the Hebrew author adds "who came to your house," to clarify that they did not purchase her services.]
and the city and everything in it shall be consecrated (set apart) [Josh. 2:10] to the Lord (Yahweh), only the prostitute Rahab (Hebr. Rachav) shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers we sent [Josh. 2:1–14].
And the young men who had spied went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers, all who were with her, all her relatives they brought out, and they placed them in the camp of Israel.
But Joshua spared the prostitute Rahab and her father's household and all that she had, and she lives in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho [Matt. 1:5; Heb. 11:31; James 2:25].
Salmon begot Boaz, whose mother was Rahab (Gk. Rachav) [a pagan who welcomed the Israeli spies in Jericho, see Josh. 2], Boaz begot Obed, whose mother was Ruth [a Moabite who accompanied her mother-in-law Naomi back to Judah, see Ruth 1-4], Obed begot Jesse (Isaiah),
By faith, the prostitute Rahab (Gk. Raav) escaped being killed along with those who refused to believe (obey), because she had welcomed the spies (been hospitable, not hostile toward them).
[Another example from the Old Testament.]Wasn't the prostitute Rahab (Gk. Raav) likewise justified by works when she took in the messengers (spies) and let them escape by another way? [The story of how Rahab hid the two Israeli spies in her house in Jericho is found in Josh. 2. She is also included in Jesus' genealogy, see Matt. 1:5, and is one of the heroes of faith in Heb. 11:31.]
