IMITAT THEIR FAITH - A MIGHTY CITADEL FALLS

 Following Rahab's advice, the two spies clambered down the wall by means of a rope handing from her window and then slipped off toward the mountains. There were many caves along the steep slopes to the north of Jericho where the spies could hide until it was safe to return to the Israelite camp with the good news that they had acquired from Rahab.

Later, the people of Jericho surely shoot with fear when they learned that Jehovah had miraculously stopped up the Jordan River, allowing Israel to cross over the dry riverbed.  (Joshua 3:14-17) But for Rahab, that good news only gave more proof that her faith in Jehovah was well-placed. 

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