Joshua 2

Verses 1-21.-It is a very interesting fact that there is a Gentile in heaven. This is what the apostle leads us up to in the epistle to the Hebrews; as soon as he gets to Rahab, he goes no farther; he can only add, " What more shall I say?" God's grace has brought the wretched, outcast into the kingdom, and, he says, I can sad no more. It was in keeping with the apostle of the Gentiles to write thus. The grace of God comes in for a Rahab now, as it did for a Cornelius in another day.
Verses 23,.24.-One feels how dependent one is. Think how often the Lord gives us spies to encourage us! This is how ministry comes in. How often a soul is helped by the faithful ministry of another, who has gone in and seen for himself. The first twelve spies, very different to these, were of man's seeking and of man's appointment, and so, instead of helping the children of Israel, they only promoted their unbelief and distrust of God. He allowed it, as He often does, when people will not have simple faith in His word; but when people look for evidence to support their faith, they will only meet with what will discourage it.
Thus Jericho is about to be destroyed by divine power, and the people are not to take anything out of it; they were to take nothing but Rahab's family-those who were sheltered by the scarlet line.