So Shall Your Descendants Be

Two spies, sent by Joshua, found protection in the home of Rahab. Before they left the city to return to the Israelite camp, a request for deliverance was made by Rahab and granted with an oath by these two men.

This image depicts a great number of Israelites coming towards Jericho. The stars represent the multiplication of Jacob's family who were reclaiming their God-promised territory. In the front of this vast warring company are the two spies who were told by Joshua to keep their oath to Rahab and bring her and all that belongs to her out of Jericho.

In the hill below them are images of the destruction of the city in addition to Rahab and her family carrying all their belongings on their heads, leaving the ruin of Jericho behind.

The red cord that she tied to her window gave the visual aid to the spies to identify her home on the city's wall. In the image, this red cord is seen—like a tear—coming out of the subtle image of a lion's eye. Rehab eventually married into the tribe of Judah and became a part of the line of Jesus according to Matthew 1:1-5.