Rahab Strikes a Deal

Description of Illustration: a marvelous painting of Rahab and the two spies by James Tissot, plus three different text colors of:

"I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you." Joshua 2:9

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"Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them and that you will save us from death." "Our lives for your lives!" the men assured her. "If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land."

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Rahab Hides the Spies

Description of Illustration: a restored, vintage illustration of Rahab hiding Israelite spies on her roof, under stalks of flax, the scripture also attached is Joshua 6: 1-6, the text comes in red or green or gray so that you can blend the illustration with a variety of webpages. Village depicted in the background and hills in the distance. A storm looms overhead.

"Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men spies secretly from Shittim, saying, "Go view the land, especially Jericho." So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. It was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land. And the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered you house, for they have come to search out tall the land. But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them. But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof." Joshua 6: 1-6 (NASB)

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More About Rahab:

• Rahab through the Ages: A Study of Christian Interpretation of Rahab
• The Prince of Preachers Gives a Sermon About Rahab
• Rahab the prostitute

Walls of Jericho

Description of Illustration:  a black and white illustration of the Israelites blowing their trumpets around the city walls of Jericho in Joshua Chapter 6, this illustration was also inspired by a historical, black spiritual

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Mahalia Jackson sings the traditional negro spiritual 
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" in a London concert in 1964.