harlot Rahab was saved. 2 For when spies had been sent out
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those who question the power of God become a warning example of condemnation to all generations.
12. Hospitality and faith were the reason* why the harlot Rahab was saved. 2 For when spies had been sent out to Jericho by Jesus, the son of Nave, the king of the land learned that they had come to reconnoiter the territory, and he sent out men to intercept them, so that they might be put under arrest and executed.
3 Now, the hospitable Rahab™ received the spies in her home and hid them upstairs under flax straw. 4 And when the king's men confronted her and said: There are men in your house who have come to spy out our country; bring them out, for such is the king's order, this woman replied: Yes, the men for whom you are looking did enter my house; bit they left at once and are now on their way; and then she pointed i in the opposite direction. 5 And she said to the spies: I know for a certainty that the Lord God is delivering this land into your hands, for alarm and fear of you have seized its inhabitants. So, when you succeed in conquering it, save me and my father's house. 6 And they said to her: Very well; your request shall be granted. As soon, then, as you learn that we are apprcaclizeed gather all your people under your roof, and they will be spared; for all that are found outside the house shall perish. 7 And they further gave her a sign: she was to hang out of np window'a scarlet cloth, whereby they made it clear to all that through the Blood of the Lord all those that believe and hope in God would be redeemed.
8 You see, beloved, that the woman possessed not only faith but also the gift of prophecy.
13. Let us, therefore, brethren, be of a humble frame of mind, ridding ourselves of all arrogance and haughtiness and foolishness and passion, and do what the Scripture says; for