A short Insight into YEHOSHUA, Chapter 2 By Rabbi Nisson Dov Miller

In this perek we learn about the oath that the two spies, Kaleiv and Pinchas, swore at the behest of Rachav. In recognition of the chesed that she had shown them, she wanted them to swear to do the chesed of sparing her father, mother, brothers and sisters when Bnei Yisroel would be conquering Yericho. While dealing with an interesting question, Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein (Aleinu L'shabeich 3,714) mentions the Malbim's opinion with regard to this oath