And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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Gill's Exposition
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive,.... From perishing by the sword, as the rest of the inhabitants did. Kimchi says, some interpret it of his giving her food, and an inheritance by which she…
Barnes' Notes
Even unto this day - These words are rightly noted as implying that the narrative was written not long after the occurrences which it records.
Adam Clarke
And she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day - This is one proof that the book was written in the time to which it is commonly referred; and certainly might have been done by the hand of Joshua…
The people had religiously observed the orders given them concerning the besieging of Jericho, and now at length Joshua had told them (Jos 6:16), "The Lord hath given you the city, enter and take…
Cambridge Bible
she dwelleth in Israel These words do not necessarilyimply that she was alive at the time the Book of Joshua was written, but that the family of strangers, of which she was reckoned the head,…
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