God’s Word Translation
Joshua 2:6
6(She had taken them up to the roof and covered them with the flax which she had laid up there.)
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
4But the woman had already taken the two men inside and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come here. But I didn’t know where they had come from. 5When it was dark and the gate was just about to close, they left. I don’t know where they went. If you hurry, you’ll catch up with them.” (She had taken them up to the roof and covered them with the flax which she had laid up there.) 7The king’s men pursued them on the road leading to a shallow place to cross the Jordan River. As soon as the king’s men had left, the gate was closed. 8Before the spies fell asleep, Rahab went up to them on the roof.
Read all of Joshua 2Joshua 2:6 word by word
וְהִ֖יא הֶעֱלָ֣תַם הַגָּ֑גָה וַֽתִּטְמְנֵם֙ בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣י הָעֵ֔ץ הָעֲרֻכ֥וֹת לָ֖הּ עַל־הַגָּֽג׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Joshua 2:6
- Joshua 2:8Before the spies fell asleep, Rahab went up to them on the roof.
- Exodus 1:15Then the king of Egypt told the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
- Deuteronomy 22:8Whenever you build a new house, put a railing around the edge of the roof. Then you won’t be responsible for a death at your home if someone falls off the roof.
- 2 Samuel 11:2Now, when evening came, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the royal palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing, and she was very pretty.
- Matthew 24:17Those who are on the roof should not come down to get anything out of their houses.
- Exodus 2:2The woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw how beautiful he was and hid him for three months.
- 2 Samuel 17:19The man’s wife took a cover, spread it over the top of the cistern, and scattered some grain over it so that no one could tell it was there.
- 1 Kings 18:4(When Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 prophets in caves. He put 50 prophets in each cave and kept them alive by providing bread and water for them.)
- 2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash. She saved him from being killed with the king’s other sons, and in a bedroom she hid him and his nurse from Athaliah. So Joash wasn’t killed
- Jeremiah 36:26The king commanded Jerahmeel (the king’s son), Seraiah (son of Azriel), and Shelemiah (son of Abdeel) to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord had hidden Baruch and Jeremiah.
- Colossians 3:3You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- Hebrews 11:23Faith led Moses’ parents to hide him for three months after he was born. They did this because they saw that Moses was a beautiful baby and they were not afraid to disobey the king’s order.
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
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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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