Йеошуа 5:1 Мидраш: Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition) & Sifrei Devarim

R. Eliezer says: Yithro heard the splitting of the sea and came (to join Israel). For the splitting of the sea was heard from one end of the world to the other, viz. (Joshua 5:1) "And it was, when all the kings of the Emori heard, etc." And thus did Rachav the harlot say to the messengers of Joshua (Ibid. 2:10-11) "For we heard how the L–rd dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you went out of Egypt … and when we heard, our hearts melted, and no spirit was left in a man before you."

R. Shimon b. Elazar says: When Israel do the will of the L–rd, His name is exalted in the world, as it is written (Joshua 5:1) "And it was, when all the kings of the Emori heard, etc." And thus did Rachav say to Joshuah's emissaries, (Ibid. 2:10) "for we heard how the L–rd dried up, etc.", and (Ibid. 17) "and we heard and our hearts melted, and no man's spirit endured within him before you. For the L–rd, He is G–d in the heavens above, etc." And when they do not do His will, His name, as it were, is demeaned in the world, viz. (Ezekiel 36:20) "And they came to the nations … and they profaned My holy name when it was said of them: These are the peoples of the L–rd, and from His land did they go forth …" and (Ibid. 23) "And I shall sanctify My great name which has been profaned among the nations, etc."

(Exodus 15:16) "There fell upon them dread and terror": "dread" upon the distant and terror upon the near, viz. (Joshua 5:1) "And it was when all the kings of the Emori on the western side of the Jordan (the near) and all the kings of the Canaanites by the sea (the distant) heard" (Ibid. 2:11) "that the L–rd your G–d, He is G–d in the heavens, etc." And thus Rachav said to Joshua's messengers (Ibid. 10) "For we have heard that the L–rd dried up the waters of the Red Sea, etc."