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Relying on God’s grace leads to security, even in difficult times.
14 The men answered her,
“We will give our lives for yours.
If you don’t report our mission, we will show kindness and faithfulness to you when the Lord gives us the land.”
15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window,
since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city.
16 “Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won’t find you,”
she said to them. “Hide there for three days until they return;
afterward, go on your way.”
Summarize the spies’ promise to Rahab.
Briefly discuss why they would pledge their own lives.
Their response included language similar to Rahab’s request.
lives, kindness, faithfulness.
Summarize this information from page 25 of the PSG related to Rahab’s house:
“The wall of the city was also a wall of Rahab’s house.
It was not unusual for large, populated, walled cities
to utilize every inch of space within them in this way.
Acting in good faith, Rahab lowered a rope out her window,
allowing the two spies to escape.
As she did, she gave them instructions. .She directed them to go to the Judean hill country
in the opposite direction of the Jordan River
where the king’s men expected them to flee
since Israel was camped on the other side of it.
She instructed them to stay hidden in those hills for three days
until the king’s men gave up their search.”
Rahab and the spies had come to trust one another.
What’s more, they trusted God and committed to protect one another
in a way that would honor Him.