Joshua 2:15

And she let them down with a cord through the window,—for, her house, was within the wall of the rampart, and, within the rampart, she was dwelling.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

In Context

14And the men said unto her, Our souls in your stead unto death, if ye utter not this our business,—so shall it be, when Yahweh shall give us the land, that we will deal with thee in lovingkindness and in faithfulness.

16And she said unto them—To the mountain, get you, lest the pursuers, fall in, with you,—and hide yourselves there, three days until the pursuers return, and, afterwards, shall ye go your way.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:20So the people shouted, when the horns were blown,—yea it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down under it, and the people went up into the city every man straight before him, and so they captured the city.

Acts 9:25But the disciples, taking him by night, through the wall, let him down, lowering him in a basket.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 2:9-22

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these… Read the whole commentary →

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