Verse 8
Joshua 2:8
New Living Translation
8
Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הֵ֖מָּה טֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁכָּב֑וּ/ן וְ/הִ֛יא עָלְתָ֥ה עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם עַל הַ/גָּֽג
English Translation
And they had not yet laid down and she had gone up upon them onto the roof.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove. He instructed them,...
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2
But someone told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
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3
So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: “Bring out the men who have come into your house, for t...
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4
Rahab had hidden the two men, but she replied, “Yes, the men were here earlier, but I didn’t know wh...
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5
They left the town at dusk, as the gates were about to close. I don’t know where they went. If you h...
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6
(Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid ou...
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7
So the king’s men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the...
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8
Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them.
9
“I know the LORD has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the...
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10
For we have heard how the LORD made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And...
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11
No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things....
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12
“Now swear to me by the LORD that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give...
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13
when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and si...
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14
“We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don’t betray us, we...
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15
Then, since Rahab’s house was built into the town wall, she let them down by a rope through the wind...
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16
“Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for y...
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17
Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow t...
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18
When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which y...
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19
If they go out into the street and are killed, it will not be our fault. But if anyone lays a hand o...
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20
If you betray us, however, we are not bound by this oath in any way.”
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21
“I accept your terms,” she replied. And she sent them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope hanging...
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22
The spies went up into the hill country and stayed there three days. The men who were chasing them s...
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23
Then the two spies came down from the hill country, crossed the Jordan River, and reported to Joshua...
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24
“The LORD has given us the whole land,” they said, “for all the people in the land are terrified of...
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