Joshua 2

1And JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126 sentH7971 from ShittimH7851 twoH8147 spiesH7270 secretly, sayingH559, GoH935, seeH7200 the landH776, even JerichoH3405. And they wentH935, and cameH935 into a harlot's houseH1004, namedH8034 RahabH7343, and they layH7901 downH7901 there. 2And it was told the kingH4428 of JerichoH3405, sayingH559, Behold, menH376 have comeH935 hither to-night from the children of IsraelH3478 to search out the landH776. 3And the kingH4428 of JerichoH3405 sentH7971 to RahabH7343, sayingH559, BringH935 forthH3318 the menH376 that have comeH935 to thee, who have comeH935 into thy houseH1004: for they have comeH935 to search out all the landH776. 4And the womanH802 had takenH3947 and concealed the twoH8147 menH376; and she saidH559, Yes, the menH376 did comeH935 unto me, but I knewH3045 not whence they were; 5and it came to pass when the gateH8179 had to beH1961 closed, at dark, that the menH376 wentH1980 out: I knowH3045 not whither the menH376 have goneH1980. PursueH7291 after them quicklyH4118; for ye shall overtakeH5381 them. 6But she had taken them up to the roofH1406, and secreted them under the stalks of flaxH6593, which she had laid out on the roofH1406. 7And the menH376 pursuedH7291 after them the wayH1870 to the JordanH3383, to the fords; and whenH834 they who pursuedH7291 after them had goneH3318 out, they closed the gateH8179. 8And before they had lainH7901 downH7901, she wentH5927 up to them upon the roofH1406; 9and saidH559 to the menH376, I knowH3045 that Jehovah has givenH5414 you the landH776, and that the dreadH367 of you has fallenH5307 on us, and that all the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 faint because of you. 10For we have heardH8085 that Jehovah driedH3001 up the watersH4325 of the Red seaH3220 before you when ye cameH3318 out of EgyptH4714; and what ye did to the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of the AmoritesH567 that were beyond the JordanH3383, to SihonH5511 and to OgH5747, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11We heardH8085 [of it], and our heartH3824 meltedH4549, and there remained no more spiritH7307 in any manH376 because of you; for Jehovah your 1GodH430, he is 2GodH430 in the heavensH8064 above and on the earthH776 beneath. 12And nowH6258, I pray you, swearH7650 to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will alsoH1571 deal kindly with my father's houseH1004, and giveH5414 me a certain signH226, 13that ye will let my fatherH1 liveH2421, and my motherH517, and my brethren, and my sistersH269, and all that belong to them, and deliverH5337 our soulsH5315 from deathH4194. 14And the menH376 saidH559 to her, Our livesH5315 shall pay for yours, if ye do not makeH5414 this our business known; and it shall beH1961 when Jehovah shall giveH5414 us the landH776, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15And she let them downH3381 by a cordH2256 through the windowH2474; for her houseH1004 was upon the city-wall, and she dweltH3427 upon the wallH2346. 16And she saidH559 to them, GoH7725 to the mountainH2022, that the pursuersH7291 may not meetH6293 with you; and hideH2247 yourselves there threeH7969 daysH3117, until the pursuersH7291 have returnedH7725; and afterwards goH7725 your wayH1870. 17And the menH376 saidH559 to her, We will be quit of this thine oathH7621 which thou hast madeH7650 us swearH7650. 18Behold, whenH834 we comeH935 into the landH776, thou shalt bindH7194 in the windowH2474 this line of scarletH8144 threadH2339 by which thou hast let us downH3381; and thou shalt gatherH622 to thee in the houseH1004 thy fatherH1, and thy motherH517, and thy brethren, and all thy father's householdH1004; 19and it shall beH1961, that whoever shall goH3318 out of the doorsH1817 of thy houseH1004 into the streetH2351, — his bloodH1818 shall beH1961 upon his headH7218, and we shall beH1961 innocentH5355; but every one who shall beH1961 with thee in the houseH1004, his bloodH1818 shall beH1961 upon our headH7218, if any handH3027 beH1961 upon him. 20And if thou make known this our business, we will beH1961 quit of thine oathH7621 which thou hast madeH7650 us swearH7650. 21And she saidH559, According to your wordsH1697, soH3651 be it. And she sentH7971 them awayH7971, and they departed. And she boundH7194 the scarletH8144 line in the windowH2474. 22And they wentH935, and cameH935 to the mountainH2022, and remainedH3427 there threeH7969 daysH3117, until the pursuersH7291 had returnedH7725; and the pursuersH7291 soughtH1245 them all the wayH1870, and foundH4672 them not. 23And the twoH8147 menH376 returnedH7725 and cameH935 downH3381 from the mountainH2022, and wentH935 over and cameH935 to JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126, and related to him everythingH3605 that had happened to them. 24And they saidH559 to JoshuaH3091, Of a surety Jehovah has givenH5414 the whole landH776 into our handsH3027, and even all the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 faint because of us.