I have always wondered: if Rehab lived in the walls of Jericho, as was commanded to stay there in her house, and the walls fell down with her in them - you know where this is going.
Noah traveled the flooding waters in an ark. Moses passed through the waters in a basket (ark). Israel passed through the Red Sea into the desert. Israel passed through the Jordan with the ark into the Promised land. Passing through the waters is a “type scene” in the Old Testament: it marks for the person(s) traveling through the waters a major change - almost always for the better. There are others, too: Elijah, Elisha, Naaman, and Jonah come to mind.
I’ve been particularly interested in the cities of refuge (ch.20): they are mentioned quite often in the Pentateuch I’m not entirely sure yet why my attention is piqued by them. I will be on the lookout as I cruise through the OT to see when these cities show up: Kedesh, Shechem, Kiriath-arba (Hebron), Bezer, Ramoth, and Golan. Just look at those names: many of them figure prominently in Israel’s narrative.
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