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(^57) Our description here, and of the view from the top is from Canon Tristram's Land of
Israel, pp. 539-543, of course, in a shortened form. We must content ourselves with this
general acknowledgment without always the formality of inverted commas.
(^58) Kurtz, History of the Old Covenant, vol. 3 p. 495 (English translation).
(^59) Calvin.
(^60) In Joshua 2:1, the accentuation connects the words "secretly" and "saying," which are
separated by commas in our Authorized Version showing that the commission was
intrusted to them secretly.
(^61) The meaning really is "especially Jericho," which fortress was the key to the western
bank of Jordan.
(^62) Tristram, Land of Israel, pp. 203 and following.
(^63) This impression is irresistibly conveyed to the mind by a comparison of the Scriptural
account of Jericho with that of the other cities in Canaan.
(^64) Hebrews 11:31, marginal rendering.
(^65) So Josephus and the Rabbis, who represent her as simply an inn-keeper.
(^66) The learned reader who is curious to know the Rabbinical fables about Rahab, will
find them in Lightfoot, Hor. Heber. et Talmud.; and Wetstein, Nov. Test., in the notes
on Matthew 1:5; also in Meuschen, Nov. Test. ex Talm. illustr., p. 40.
(^67) As, according to Numbers 26:7, 18, 34, the total number of the men of war in the
tribes Reuben and Gad, and those of half Manasseh amounted to 110,580, it follows that
70,580 must have been left behind for the protection of the territory east of the Jordan.
(^68) We mark in this narrative three sections, each commencing with a Divine command
(Joshua 3:7, 8; 4:2, 3; and 4:15, 16), followed by Joshua's communication thereof to the
people, and an account of its execution. This to connect each stage with the Lord
Himself.
(^69) See The Exodus and the Wanderings in the Wilderness.
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