Sunday Sermonette: Scout ' s Honor

Joshua 2 is inherently puzzling. Why is this story here? What are we to take from it? And, like many of the stories in the Bible, it doesn ' t make a whole lot of sense.Remember that in Numbers 13, Joshua was one of 12 scouts Moses dispatched to check out Canaan and assess it for conquerability. God wound up killing 10 of them for not telling Moses what he wanted to hear, but Joshua and Caleb said it was definitely gettable, so they were spared and in fact Joshua wound up getting the top job. So obviously these two guys know what news they ' re supposed to come back with. Note that they don ' t learn anything of tactical value, only that the people are afraid of the Israelites. Since they ' re already committed to the invasion and God has promised them success, this information wouldn ' t seem to matter one way or the other.And how did they get into the city and find their way to the house of ill repute? Maybe they asked the concierge where they could get laid. Somebody recognized them and the news got back to the king, but nobody tried to challenge or grab them at the time. Note that nobody on either side seems to have any problem with Rahab ' s profession. One must ask whether the spies availed themselves of her services. It would seem to follow because there ' s no other reason for them to have stayed there. It seems to me that building a house with a window into the city wall is probably not the greatest idea. That this prestige dwelling is used as a whorehouse says ...
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