Rahab saves the Israelite spies. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Engraver: Unknown. Source: Die Bibel in Bildern, Plate 66. Click on image to enlarge it.
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. [Joshua 2: 15; King James Bible]
Joshua 6: 25 explains, “And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.”
Old Testament Heroines from The Picture Bible
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Bibliography
Die Bibel in Bildern [Picture Bible] von Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Leipzig: Georg Wigands, 1860. Hathi Digital Trust Library online version of a copy in the Columbia University Library. Web. 25 June 2016.
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