Joshua 2:11

9 and said to the men: ^a“I know that the Lord has given you the land, that ^bthe terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land ^care fainthearted because of you.

10 For we have heard how the Lord ^adried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and ^bwhat you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you ^cutterly destroyed.

11 And as soon as we ^aheard these things, ^bour hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for ^cthe Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.

12 Now therefore, I beg you, ^aswear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to ^bmy father’s house, and ^cgive me a true token,

13 and ^aspare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”

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Joshua 2:11

Symbolically, adultery is used to express unfaithfulness to God, and we can easily see this in Israel's idolatry. God is represented as the husband of His people. Ezekiel 16:15-59 gives a graphic description of Israel's spiritual adultery, and Hosea 1:1-2 shows the same symbolism in Hosea's marriage. We can fall into spiritual adultery by relying on the world and its false teaching rather than God.

Martin G. Collins
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