New English Translation
Joshua 2:6
6(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)
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 hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from. 5When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!” (Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.) 7Meanwhile the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them. 8Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
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וְהִ֖יא הֶעֱלָ֣תַם הַגָּ֑גָה וַֽתִּטְמְנֵם֙ בְּפִשְׁתֵּ֣י הָעֵ֔ץ הָעֲרֻכ֥וֹת לָ֖הּ עַל־הַגָּֽג׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Joshua 2:6
- Joshua 2:8Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
- Exodus 1:15The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,
- Deuteronomy 22:8If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
- Matthew 24:17The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,
- Exodus 2:2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months.
- 2 Samuel 17:19His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
- 1 Kings 18:4When Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
- 2 Kings 11:2So Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So he was hidden from Athaliah and escaped execution.
- Jeremiah 36:26He also ordered Jerahmeel, who was one of the royal princes, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. However, the Lord hid them.
- Colossians 3:3for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- Hebrews 11:23By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
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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