We could move on to chapter 3, but we shouldn’t.
Another very helpful strategy when reading narrative portions of Scripture is to pay particular attention to pronouns. The center section of chapter 2 (vv. 8-13) illustrates this well.
By now you should be familiar with the flow of this story and, as a result of your last reading, understand where (on whom) the focus lies. So read with special attention the words of Rahab in vv. 8-13, noting when she uses the first person plural (we, us, etc.) and when she uses the first person singular (I, me, my, etc.)
Sometimes you’ll have to infer the pronoun. That is, you’ll have to sense when she is talking for the people of Jericho and when she’s speaking only for herself and her own thoughts.
Underline any statements she makes for herself, describing how she sees things as opposed to the others in the city.
Notice anything?
One more little detail. Look up in a concordance Rahab’s name to see where else in the Bible she shows up. If you don’t have a concordance in the back of your Bible (or if it doesn’t list Rahab) you can find one online. Just do a Google search for “concordance” and then type in her name.

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