The gates to the city were shut and there was no way out of the city except by going over the wall. Rahab let the spies down from her house, which was built on a wall, by a scarlet rope or cord. That cord was to be the sign that Rahab and all that were in her house would be protected when God gave the city into the hands of the Israelites. The spies told her that she was to tie the cord from her window. She did not hesitate to make sure that the cord was in place even though distruction did not come for at least another week. She wanted to make sure she was safe as well as her family.
Some people have seen the scarlet cord as a picture of the blood of Christ. We cannot say that for sure as the Bible does not make that connection. To the spies and the other Israelites they saw the parallel with the passover. It was the blood on the door posts that showed that the people inside were protected from the distruction that was to come.
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