Joshua 2:9
She said, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land and that the fear of you has come upon us. All those who live in the land will melt away before you.
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8The men had not yet lain down for the night, when she came up to them on the roof.
Cross References
Genesis 15:18On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
Exodus 3:6He added, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses covered his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Exodus 15:16Terror and dread will fall on them. 1 Because of your arm's power, they will become as still as a stone 1 until your people pass by, Yahweh— 1 until the people you have rescued pass by. 1
Exodus 23:27I will send fear of myself on those into whose land you advance. I will kill all the people whom you meet. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in fright.
Deuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand before you. Yahweh your God will lay the fear of you and the terror of you upon all the land that you tread on, as he has said to you.
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance— 1 when he divided all of mankind, 1 and he set the boundaries of the peoples, 1 as he also fixed the number of their gods. 1
Matthew Henry on Joshua 2:9-22
8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these… Read the whole commentary →