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Rahab Shelters Spies

(Heb 11:31 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 -

Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 sent H7971 two H8147 men H376 as spies H7270 secretly H2791 from Shittim H7851, saying H559, “Go H1980, view H7200 the land H776, especially H853 Jericho H3405.” So they went H1980 and entered H935 the house H1004 of a prostitute H2181 whose name H8034 was Rahab H7343, and rested H7901 there H8033.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - But it was told H559 to the king H4428 of Jericho H3405, saying H559, “Behold H2009, men H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 have come H935 here H2008 tonight H3915 to spy H2658 out H2658 the land H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - And the king H4428 of Jericho H3405 sent H7971 word to Rahab H7343, saying H559, “Bring H3318 out H3318 the men H376 who have come H935 to you, who H834 have entered H935 your house H1004, for they have come H935 to spy H2658 out H2658 all H3605 the land H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - But the woman H802 had taken H3947 the two H8147 men H376 and hidden H6845 them, and she said H559, “Yes H3651, the men H376 came H935 to me, but I did not know H3045 where H370 they were from.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “It came H1961 about H1961, when it was time to shut H5462 the gate H8179 at dark H2822, that the men H376 went H3318 out H3318; I do not know H3045 where H575 the men H376 went H1980. Pursue H7291 them quickly H4118, for you will overtake H5381 them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:6 - But she had brought H5927 them up H5927 to the roof H1406 and hidden H2934 them in the stalks H6086 of flax H6593 which she had laid H6186 in H6186 order H6186 on the roof H1406.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the men H376 pursued H7291 them on the road H1870 to the Jordan H3383, to the crossing H4569 places H4569; and as H834 soon H834 as H834 those who were pursuing H7291 them had gone H3318 out H3318, they shut H5462 the gate H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 -

Now before H2962 [fn]the spies lay H7901 down H7901, she came H5927 up H5927 to them on the roof H1406,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:9 - and said H559 to the men H376, “I know H3045 that the LORD H3068 has given H5414 you the land H776, and that the terror H367 of you has fallen H5307 on us, and that all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 have despaired H4127 because H4480 H6440 of you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard H8085 how H834 the LORD H3068 dried H3001 up H3001 the water H4325 of the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220 before H4480 H6440 you when you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714, and what H834 you did H6213 to the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, to Sihon H5511 and Og H5747, whom H834 you [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:11 - “When we heard H8085 these reports, our hearts H3824 melted H4549 and no H3808 [fn]courage H7307 remained H6965 in anyone H376 any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of you; for the LORD H3068 your God H430, He is God H430 in heaven H8064 above H4480 H4605 and on earth H776 below H4480 H8478.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - “Now H6258 then, please H4994 swear H7650 to me by the LORD H3068, since H3588 I have dealt H6213 kindly H2617 with you, that you also H1571 will deal H6213 kindly H2617 with my father’s H1 household H1004, and give H5414 me a pledge H226 of [fn]truth H571,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - and [fn]spare H2421 my father H1 and my mother H517, and my brothers H251 and my sisters H269, and all H3605 who H834 belong to them, and save H5337 our [fn]lives H5315 from death H4194.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:14 - So the men H376 said H559 to her, “Our [fn]life H5315 [fn]for yours if H518 you do not tell H5046 this H2088 business H1697 of ours; and it shall come H1961 about H1961 when the LORD H3068 gives H5414 us the land H776 that we will deal H6213 kindly H2617 and [fn]faithfully H571 with you.”

The Promise to Rahab

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:15 -

Then she let H3381 them down H3381 by a rope H2256 through H1157 the window H2474, for her house H1004 was on the city H7023 wall H2346, so that she was living H3427 on the wall H2346.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:16 - And she said H559 to them, “Go H1980 to the hill H2022 country H2022, so H6435 that H6435 the pursuers H7291 will not H6435 encounter H6293 you, and hide H2247 yourselves there H8033 for three H7969 days H3117 until H5704 the pursuers H7291 return H7725. Then afterward H310 you may go H1980 on your way H1870.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - And the men H376 said H559 to her, “We shall be exempt H5355 from this H2088 oath H7621 [fn]to you which H834 you have made us swear H7650,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - [fn]unless H2009, when we come H935 into the land H776, you tie H7194 this H2088 cord H8615 of scarlet H8144 thread H2339 in the window H2474 through which H834 you let H3381 us down H3381, and gather H622 into your house H1004 your father H1, your mother H517, your brothers H251, and all H3605 your father’s H1 household H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - “And it shall come H1961 about H1961 that anyone H3605 who H834 goes H3318 out H3318 of the doors H1817 of your house H1004 outside H2351 will have [fn]his blood H1818 on his own head H7218, and we will be innocent H5355; but anyone H3605 who H834 is with you in the house H1004, his blood H1818 will be on our head H7218 if H518 a hand H3027 is laid on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - “But if H518 you tell H5046 this H2088 business H1697 of ours, then we shall be exempt H5355 from the oath H7621 which H834 you have made us swear H7650.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - She then said H559, “According to your words H1697, so H3651 be it.” So she sent H7971 them away H7971, and they departed H1980; and she tied H7194 the scarlet H8144 cord H8615 in the window H2474.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:22 -

So they departed H1980 and came H935 to the hill H2022 country H2022, and remained H3427 there H8033 for three H7969 days H3117, until H5704 the pursuers H7291 returned H7725. Now the pursuers H7291 had searched H1245 for them [fn]all H3605 along the road H1870, but had not found H4672 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:23 - Then the two H8147 men H376 returned H7725 and came H3381 down H3381 from the hill H2022 country H2022, and they crossed H5674 over H5674 and came H935 to Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126. Then they reported H5608 to him all H3605 that had happened H4672 to H4672 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:24 - And they said H559 to Joshua H3091, “The LORD H3068 has indeed H3588 handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to us all H3605 the land H776; furthermore H1571, all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 have despaired H4127 because H4480 H6440 of us.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit they lay
Lit Sea of Reeds
Or put under the ban
Lit spirit arose
Or faithfulness
Lit let live
Lit souls
Lit soul
Lit instead of you to die
Or truly
Lit of yours
Lit behold
I.e., responsibility for his death
Lit through all the road
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