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Joshua 2:1-15
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.
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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
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