Joshua 6:22-25 (focus verse 25 – NIV)
But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
Rahab came into the lineage of Jesus through her faith in the God of the Israelites (see James 2:25; Hebrews 11:31; Matthew 1). She married Salmon and they were the parents of Boaz (who married Ruth). Boaz and Ruth were the parents of Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who was the father of King David! Most think of Rahab in terms of her life as a prostitute (before her alliance with the God of Israel). But her act of faith changed the trajectory of her whole life. Truly, faith is transformational.