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Joshua 2:6

Protection and safety

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

5 At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

7 So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

8 Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

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BSB
(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
KJV
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
WEB
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
ASV
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
DARBY
But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.
BLB
(And she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the flax stalks, which she had arranged on the roof.)
ÅB
Men hun hadde latt dem stige opp på taket og skjult dem under linstenglene som hun hadde liggende utbredt der på taket.
OTB
(Men hun hadde tatt dem opp på taket og gjemt dem under linbunter hun hadde lagt ut på taket.)
B1930
Men hun hadde latt dem stige op på taket og skjult dem under linstenglene som hun hadde liggende utbredt der på taket.

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Cross references

  • James 2:25

    In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

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  • Hebrews 11:23

    By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

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  • Colossians 3:3

    For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:19

    Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

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  • 1 Kings 18:13

    Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

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  • Joshua 2:8

    Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

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  • 2 Kings 11:2

    But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:8

    If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

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