The Book of Joshua (WEB)
2:1 Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the
land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and
lay there. 2:2It was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the
children of Israel to search out the land. 2:3The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth
the men who are come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to search out
all the land. 2:4The woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men came to
me, but I didn't know whence they were: 2:5and it happened about the time of the shutting of the
gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue after
them quickly; for you will overtake them. 2:6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them
with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. 2:7The men pursued after them the
way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they
shut the gate. 2:8Before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; 2:9and she said to the
men, I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that
all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 2:10For we have heard how Yahweh dried up
the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two
kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly
destroyed. 2:11As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more
spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth
beneath. 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that
you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token; 2:13and that you will
save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and
will deliver our lives from death. 2:14The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this
our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly
with you. 2:15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side
of the wall, and she lived on the wall. 2:16She said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the
pursuers light on you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and
afterward may you go your way. 2:17The men said to her, We will be guiltless of this your oath
which you have made us to swear. 2:18Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line
of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the
house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household. 2:19It shall
be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his
head, and we shall be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on
our head, if any hand be on him. 2:20But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of
your oath which you have made us to swear. 2:21She said, According to your words, so be it. She
sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 2:22They went,
and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the
pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them. 2:23Then the two men returned,
and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they
told him all that had befallen them. 2:24They said to Joshua, Truly Yahweh has delivered into our
hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
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