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Rahab
Shelters Spies |
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| Joshua 2:1 |
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Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies
secretly from Shittim, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they
went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. |
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| Joshua 2:2 |
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It was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold,
men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land." |
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| Joshua 2:3 |
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And the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab,
saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house,
for they have come to search out all the land." |
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| Joshua 2:4 |
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But the woman had taken the two men and hidden
them, and she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were
from. |
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| Joshua 2:5 |
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It came about when it was time to shut the gate
at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them
quickly, for you will overtake them." |
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| Joshua 2:6 |
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But she had brought them up to the roof and
hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof. |
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| Joshua 2:7 |
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So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan
to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut
the gate. |
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| Joshua 2:8 |
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Now before they lay down, she came up to them
on the roof, |
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| Joshua 2:9 |
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and said to the men, "I know that the LORD has
given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all
the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you. |
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| Joshua 2:10 |
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For we have heard how the LORD dried up the
water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to
the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom
you utterly destroyed. |
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| Joshua 2:11 |
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When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage
remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God
in heaven above and on earth beneath. |
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| Joshua 2:12 |
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Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD,
since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's
household, and give me a pledge of truth, |
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| Joshua 2:13 |
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and spare my father and my mother and my brothers
and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death." |
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| Joshua 2:14 |
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So the men said to her, "Our life for yours
if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the LORD
gives us the land that we will deal kindly and faithfully with you." |
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The
Promise to Rahab |
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| Joshua 2:15 |
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Then she let them down by a rope through the
window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall. |
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| Joshua 2:16 |
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She said to them, "Go to the hill country, so
that the pursuers will not happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three
days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way." |
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| Joshua 2:17 |
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The men said to her, "We shall be free from
this oath to you which you have made us swear, |
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| Joshua 2:18 |
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unless, when we come into the land, you tie
this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather
to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all
your father's household. |
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| Joshua 2:19 |
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It shall come about that anyone who goes out
of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head,
and we shall be free; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall
be on our head if a hand is laid on him. |
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| Joshua 2:20 |
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But if you tell this business of ours, then
we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear." |
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| Joshua 2:21 |
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She said, "According to your words, so be it."
So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the
window. |
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| Joshua 2:22 |
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They departed and came to the hill country,
and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned. Now the pursuers
had sought them all along the road, but had not found them. |
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| Joshua 2:23 |
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Then the two men returned and came down from
the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they
related to him all that had happened to them. |
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| Joshua 2:24 |
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They said to Joshua, "Surely the LORD has given
all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land have melted
away before us." |
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