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Rahab: from the wall to the heart of Israel
Rahab, a Canaanite sex worker, hid Israel's spies and lied to the king of Jericho. When the city fell, Joshua spared her and her family, against God's command to spare no one.
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Her house sat in Jericho's wall, the margin of her city. Afterward she lived 'in the midst of Israel.' Some today call her a collaborator, but the biblical authors wrote as the colonized, not colonizers, opening the gates to those who truly wanted to join.
Bible reference: Joshua 2; 6:25
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 380, 383–384
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