Davar Kingdom Of God - The Blessings Of Sonship

When we enter the land, you will tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you will bring your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house (Josh 2:18). These two things were what Rahab was to do before the Israelites would come to destroy Jericho: to tie "this scarlet cord" in the same window as she let these spies down, and to gather all those who belonged to her into her house. Here, the phrase, "this scarlet cord," draws our special interest. The phrase in Hebrew is, tiqvath hut ha-sshani hazeh, and it probably means, "the thread/cloth of this scarlet string/cord." Since we do not know exactly how tiqvah is different from hut in the meaning, these two words are together translated as "cord" in NIV. The word that gives the meaning of "scarlet" is shani, and it was the color of the matter produced by insects called coccus ilicis: the dried bodies of the females of this insect was widely used for coloring matter. The worm of this kind of insect is called