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Joshua 2 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter begins the story of the conquest of the Promised Land. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promisedland)
Special concepts in this chapter
Rahab's faith
Rahab expressed her faith in Yahweh. The statement "for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above and on the earth below" is a recognition of her faith. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Metaphor
The Israelites were to completely destroy the evil Canaanites. They are compared to melting snow: "... melting away because of us." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil)