And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the children of Israel to search out the country.
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Cassiodorus Senator
AD 585
Rahab was a harlot who secretly admitted the spies of Joshua when they visited Jericho and let them out by another exit so that they should not be captured. Her name means “pride.” She was converted by God’s generosity and deserved to obtain mercy. She is a type of the church, which takes in souls endangered by the vice of pride, and lets them out into life by another route, the way of humility and patience.
