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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.
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Verse 25. Day. Rahab prefigured the wild olive tree, which Saint Paul says was engrafted on the good olive tree, (Romans 11:24,) and which will remain till the end of the world. Theod. q. 8. She married Salmon, of the tribe of Juda, and became the ancestor of David and of the Messias. Calmet.
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