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~ Class Notes
Chapter Five ~ Broken Wall
Once upon a time, there was a woman named ____________________________.
Rahab lived in the town of ____________________________ , and was located about 5 miles west of the Jordan River and about 6 miles north of the Dead Sea. (See map.)
The city was an ____________________________ -shaped mound, covering an area of approximately ____________________________ acres. With a circumference of only a ____________________________ , it housed up to ____________________________ people, with many more living in the surrounding farms and villages.
Rahab lived ____________________________ .
Turn Joshua 2:1. ____________________________ sent ____________________________ to check out Jericho.
They should note the topography, the ____________________________ supply, the supply, and the ____________________________ strategies of the land where the Israelites were headed. They came into the house of ____________________________ , and ____________________________ there.
There are two kinds of harlots/prostitutes, mentioned in the Old Testament:
- _________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________
NOTE: The Greek word for “harlot” is _. It comes from the
same root word as the English term for ____. The Hebrew
word for “harlot” is ______. It is linked to a verb that
means “something done______________________ as a way of life.”
Read Joshua 2:2-5.
So the king sent his ____________________________ to find out what happened…
Read Joshua 2:6-7.
Rahab didn’t ____________________________ . Instead, she ____________________________ .
Why the stalks of flax? The stalks of flax were , or ____________________________ from nearby trees. The dried flax was used to make ____________________________ , but Rahab used them ___________________.
Read Joshua 2:8-14. Rahab’s conversation with the spies confirms that the people of Jericho exactly who the ____________________________ were, and what God had done for ____________________________ .
She was a ____________________________ woman in need of ____________________________ .
Rahab offered to ____________________________ the spies, but the spies had to promise to ____________________________ her and ____________________________ from the wrath of battle.
Read Joshua 2:15-21. Rahab helped the spies ____________________________ .
The ____________________________ would mark her ____________________________ for ____________________________ .
The ____________________________ itself was important.
Read Joshua 6:17. As promised by ____________________________ , Joshua would ____________________________ the ____________________________ .
Read Joshua 6:22-23.
Read Joshua 6:25.
When the city fell, that the ____________________________ is the
____________________________ where Rahab was living?
But here is what we do know:
● Rahab married an ____________________________ , named Salmon.
● Rahab is mentioned ____________________________ times in the ____________________________ . The first time she is mentioned is found in ____________________________ .
For Rahab, it was her ____________________________ about her ____________________________ that made the difference. She chose to ____________________________ the brokenness behind and ____________________________ , seeking ____________________________ .
1 John 1:9 says,
“ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness .”
~ Homework
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4 http://www.keyway.ca/htm2011/20111117.htm
5 https://christianpublishinghouse.co/2017/06/02/the-walls-of-jericho/
6 https://www.crystalinks.com/jericho.html
7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho
8 https://dwellingintheword.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/286-joshua-6/
