1; Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from
Shittim.
8; The covenant between her and them.
23; Their return and relation.
* sent. or, had sent. Shittim.
Nu 25:1 33:49
* to spy secretly.
Nu 13:2,17-21 Jud 18:2,14,17 Mt 10:16 Eph 5:5
* even Jericho.
5:10 6:1-24
* harlot's house.
Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet
many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here
rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from {zoon,} to furnish or
provide food. In this sense it was understood by the
Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha,} "a woman, a
tavern-keeper," and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon
on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porn(822c)]
by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the
Apostles, is derived from [perna㏑] to sell, and is also
supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women
generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says,
"Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial
concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and
weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks.
6:17,25 Mt 1:5
* Rachab.
21:31 Heb 11:31 Jas 2:25
* lodged. Heb. lay.
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