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Joshua 2:6

Protection and safety

4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

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.

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon 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

    Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

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  • Hebrews 11:23

    By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

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  • Colossians 3:3

    For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:19

    And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

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  • 1 Kings 18:13

    Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

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  • Joshua 2:8

    And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

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  • 2 Kings 11:2

    But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:8

    When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

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