Even Jesus, who claimed to be equal with God, recognized the authority of His Father over himself, only doing what His Father wanted Him to do. They obeyed God who told them to march around the city once for six days, and then march around the city seven times on the seventh day and blow horns; the walls came crashing down. Your email address will not be published. Nowonder He is sovereign. Another midrash has Rahab acting as advocate for all the nations of the world. Peter wrote: > For according to the tradition preserved in the New Testament in > Matthew 1:5, Rahab was the wife of Salmon and mother of Boaz who > married Ruth (compare Ruth 4:21, 1 Chronicles 2:11). The example given is of Rahab the harlot: despite her being busy in her house (in prostitution), and her being from a people for whom theTorah she-bi-khetav: Lit. All were ostracized by society yet Jesus loved each of them, corrected and healed them, and Graciously restored them back into places of honor! The Canaanites were the descendants of Noah's grandson Canaan whose father Ham was cursed because of his sin against Noah. An additional midrashic teaching lists a number of converts who became part of the families of Israelite leaders, for example: Joseph marriedAsenath, Joshua married Rahab, Boaz marriedRuth, and Moses took the daughter of Hobab (= Jethro)(Eccl. Thats it Maam. Solomon - The wisest King of Israel, and the one who built the first temple is another descendent of Rahab. Read more: In the Book of Joshua, Rahab (a heroine nonetheless known as "Rahab the Harlot") assisted two Israelite spies in escaping out a window and down the city wall of Jericho. "The Choice to Serve God and Assist His People: Rahab and Yael". "Crimson Cord" (2017), This page was last edited on 20 April 2023, at 13:35. What does harlot mean in KJV? They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. David - King David probably one of the best-known kings of Israel is a descendent of Rahab in the Bible. She knew what was about to happen and she wanted to be on the Israelite side. It would be obvious that a family , if its well grown, wouldnt have a harlot among its members. When she reported to the spies who came to her house: no man had any more spirit left because of you(Josh. Only the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. The conversion of Rahab is regarded by the Rabbis as more complete than that of Jethro and Naaman; for while the latter two did not free themselves entirely from a belief in other gods, Rahab acknowledged that Yhwh was the only God both in heaven and on earth (Mek., l.c. 18:11): Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods. Naaman made an even greater admission when he proclaimed(II Kings 5:15): Now I know that there is no God in the whole world except in Israel!; and Rahab exceeded him, when she declared(Josh. Rahab is mentioned alongside Jethro and Naaman as positive examples of the converts who joined Israel. In those days Jews didnt give women their place and because she was a business person, perhaps an hotel owner or a sewing person. Jewish Women's Archive. 1:1] [ed. However, Rahab the harlot and her fathers household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 2:13): that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, and of Israel(Ezek. The what do I do then or shall I say now is a new experience every time. Thesekohanimwere Baruch son of Neriah, Seraiah son of Mahseiah, Jeremiah son of Hilkiah and Hanamel son of Shalom (Num. a prostitute; whore. A woman of Jericho who sheltered the spies sent by Joshua to search out the land. Its like the sayingwaste not, want not The regimen of rituals, songs and textual readings performed in a specific order on the first two nights (in Israel, on the first night) of Passover. Maybe faith is the evidence that is mentioned in Hebrews 11:1. Rahab: Midrash and Aggadah | Jewish Women's Archive [6] In rabbinic texts, however, she is explained as being an "innkeeper," based on the Aramaic Targum: . Even though out of some of those moments I got just what I asked for and the consequences to go with them. When people state they are followers of Jesus and then behave like world, then you need to read up on what Paul is saying to the Church.