Joshua 6:25 (WEB)
But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“Rahab belongs not to the Jewish people; Babylon belongs not to the Jewish people; as is clear from the next verse: “For the Philistines also, and Tyre, with the Ethiopians, were there.”” — editor's note: Josh. ii. 1, vi. 25.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“To give you a proof of what I have said:—Rahab the harlot was justified by one thing alone, her hospitality, though she receives no praise for the rest of her conduct; and the Publican was exalted by one thing, his humility, though he received no testimony for…” — editor's note: Josh. vi. 25; James ii. 25.
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