Rahab the Harlot
Rahab - H7343 - The same as H7342; proud; Rachab, a Canaanitess.
- H7342 - From H7337; roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively.
Used 5 times in 5 verses. Not the Rahab mentioned in Psalm 87:4, 89:10, or Isaiah 51:9 (an epithet of Egypt).
harlot - H2181 - A primitive root (highly fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah).
Used 93 times in 82 verses. The first usage:
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot? (Genesis 34:31)
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. (Judges 8:33)
For a whore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit. (Proverbs 23:27)
I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. (Ezekiel 23:30)
I know the the Lord is speaking to Judah (Israel was already in captivity), but wonder how appropriate this message is to the Bride today? I find it quite sad that the people of the Lord do not look, talk and/or act much different than those to whom we are to be ambassadors.
The Walls of Jericho - the Israelites had walked around the walls 7 days. I never stopped to think that one of those days must have been a Sabbath. It would be interesting to know which one...and if the 7th day of victory was the Sabbath.
I was curious about the walls of Jericho and the archeology...so...browsing and found:
The Walls of Jericho - this one has a video (end of the page) which launches once the page is loaded.
Answers In Genesis - this one has similar information to the one above.
Israel-a-history-of - The Walls of Jericho - this site was interesting, though the page loaded odd, had some additional information.
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