Joshua 2:6

Joshua 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)(But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)But she had brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax that she had laid in order on the roof.
• New King James Version (NKJV)(But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)

Context of Joshua 2:6

4And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were; 5and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. 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. 7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate. 8And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;

Joshua 2:6 word by word

וְהִ֖יא הֶעֱלָ֣תַם הַגָּ֑גָה וַֽתִּטְמְנֵם֙ בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣י הָעֵ֔ץ הָעֲרֻכ֥וֹת לָ֖הּ עַל־הַגָּֽג׃Read the interlinear

• roofגָּגgâg · roofH1406
• flaxפֵּ֫שֶׁתpishteh · flaxH6593

Cross-references for Joshua 2:6

• Joshua 2:8And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;
• Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives — of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah —
• Deuteronomy 22:8When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any one should in any wise fall from it.
• 2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
• Matthew 24:17let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;
• Exodus 2:2And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.
• 2 Samuel 17:19And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.
• 1 Kings 18:4and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);
• 2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, [and hid] him and his nurse in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
• Jeremiah 36:26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.
• Colossians 3:3for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.
• Hebrews 11:23By faith Moses, being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the injunction of the king.

Commentaries on Joshua 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Hid then with the stalks of flax - It is a matter of little consequence whether we translate העיץ פסתי pistey haets stalks of flax, or stalks of hemp: the word עץ ets, which signifies wood, serves to show that whether it was hemp or flax, it was in its rough, unmanufactured state; and as this was about the season, viz., the end of March or the beginning of April, in which the flax is ripe in that country, consequently Rahab's flax might have been recently…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Stalks of flax - literally, “the carded fibres of the tree.” The flax in Palestine grew to more than three feet in height, with a stalk as thick as a cane. It was probably with the flax stalks, recently cut (compare Exodus 9:31, note) and laid out on the house roof to dry, that Rahab hid the spies.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The inner fibers of flax were processed to make linen. The first step involved laying out the flax stems to dry on the flat rooftop.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. the woman took the two men, and hid them--literally, "him," that is, each of them in separate places, of course previous to the appearance of the royal messengers and in anticipation of a speedy search after her guests. According to Eastern manners, which pay an almost superstitious respect to a woman's apartment, the royal messengers did not demand admittance to search but asked her to bring the foreigners out.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 2:6

• Armies
• Falsehood
• Flax
• Harlot (Prostitute)
• Hospitality
• House
• Kindness
• Reconnoissance

In the dictionaries

• Blameless
• Cord
• Flax
• Hide
• Land
• Let
• Linen
• Melt
• Rahab
• Town

Commentaries on Joshua 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings