idols. They are from the Ten Commandments and establish God’s exclusive claim to worship. The other reference states flatly: “There is no other [god].” Thus, when we read these words coming from Rahab’s mouth, we cannot escape the implications: she was doing far more than merely trying to save her skin or that of her family. She was acknowledging that this God she had heard about was the one and only true God, the only one—out of dozens that she as a good Canaanite knew about—who was worthy of worship
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