~ Class Notes Chapter Five ~ Broken Wall
Once upon a time, there was a woman named ____________________________.Rahab lived in the town of ____________________________ , and was located about 5 miles west of the Jordan River and about 6 miles north of the Dead Sea. (See map.)
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The city was an ____________________________ -shaped mound, covering an area of approximately ____________________________ acres. With a circumference of only a ____________________________ , it housed up to ____________________________ people, with many more living in the surrounding farms and villages.
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Rahab lived ____________________________ .
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Turn Joshua 2:1. ____________________________ sent ____________________________ to check out Jericho.They should note the topography, the ____________________________ supply, the supply, and the ____________________________ strategies of the land where the Israelites were headed. They came into the house of ____________________________ , and ____________________________ there. There are two kinds of harlots/prostitutes, mentioned in the Old Testament:
* _________________________________________________* _________________________________________________ NOTE: The Greek word for “harlot” is _. It comes from the same root word as the English term for ____. The Hebrew word for “harlot” is ______. It is linked to a verb that means “something done______________________ as a way of life.”
Read Joshua 2:2-5.So the king sent his ____________________________ to find out what happened…Read Joshua 2:6-7.Rahab didn’t ____________________________ . Instead, she ____________________________ .Why the stalks of flax? The stalks of flax were , or ____________________________ from nearby trees. The dried flax was used to make ____________________________ , but Rahab used them ___________________.Read Joshua 2:8-14. Rahab’s conversation with the spies confirms that the people of Jericho exactly who the ____________________________ were, and what God had done for ____________________________ .She was a ____________________________ woman in need of ____________________________ .Rahab offered to ____________________________ the spies, but the spies had to promise to ____________________________ her and ____________________________ from the wrath of battle.Read Joshua 2:15-21. Rahab helped the spies ____________________________ .The ____________________________ would mark her ____________________________ for ____________________________ . The ____________________________ itself was important.Read Joshua 6:17. As promised by ____________________________ , Joshua would ____________________________ the ____________________________ .Read Joshua 6:22-23. Read Joshua 6:25.When the city fell, that the ____________________________ is the ____________________________ where Rahab was living?
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But here is what we do know: ● Rahab married an ____________________________ , named Salmon. ● Rahab is mentioned ____________________________ times in the ____________________________ . The first time she is mentioned is found in ____________________________ .For Rahab, it was her ____________________________ about her ____________________________ that made the difference. She chose to ____________________________ the brokenness behind and ____________________________ , seeking ____________________________ .1 John 1:9 says,“ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness .”
~ Homework
