Joshua 2:6

(She had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under some bundles of flax that she had lying there.)

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5They left at sundown, just as the city gate was closing. I've no idea where they went. If you're quick, you can chase after them and maybe catch up with them.”

7The king's messengers went chasing after the men down the road that leads to the Jordan River fords. As soon as the pursuers had left, the city gate was shut behind them.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:2She became pregnant and had a son. She saw he was a lovely baby, and she hid him for three months.

Joshua 2:8Before the spies went to sleep, Rahab came up to the roof to talk to them.

2 Samuel 17:19His wife took a cloth to cover the well and spread it out over the opening and then scattered grain over it. No one knew the men were there.

1 Kings 18:13Didn't you hear, my lord, what I did when Jezebel was busy killing the Lord's prophets? I hid a hundred of the Lord's prophets, fifty in each of two caves, and provided them with food and water.

Jeremiah 36:26In fact the king ordered Jerahmeel, one of the princes, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to go and arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.

Colossians 3:3You died, and your life is kept safe with Christ in God.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 2:2-8

The Two Spies and Rahab. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come… Read the whole commentary →

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