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[1]And JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126 sentH7971[H8799] out of ShittimH7851 twoH8147 menH582 to spyH7270[H8764] secretlyH2791, sayingH559[H8800], GoH3212[H8798] viewH7200[H8798] the landH776, even JerichoH3405. And they wentH3212[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] into an harlot'sH2181[H8802] houseH802[H1004], namedH8034 RahabH7343, and lodgedH7901 thereH8799.
[2]And it was toldH559[H8735] the kingH4428 of JerichoH3405, sayingH559[H8800], Behold, there cameH935[H8804] menH582 in hither to nightH3915 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 to search outH2658[H8800] the countryH776.
[3]And the kingH4428 of JerichoH3405 sentH7971[H8799] unto RahabH7343, sayingH559[H8800], Bring forthH3318[H8685] the menH582 that are comeH935[H8802] to thee, which are enteredH935[H8804] into thine houseH1004: for they be comeH935[H8804] to search outH2658[H8800] all the countryH776.
[4]And the womanH802 tookH3947[H8799] the twoH8147 menH582, and hidH6845[H8799] them, and saidH559[H8799] thus, There cameH935[H8804] menH582 unto me, but I wistH3045[H8804] not whence they wereH370:
[5]And it came to pass about the time of shuttingH5462[H8800] of the gateH8179, when it was darkH2822, that the menH582 went outH3318[H8804]: whither the menH582 wentH1980[H8804] I wotH3045[H8804] not: pursueH7291[H8798] afterH310 them quicklyH4118; for ye shall overtakeH5381 themH8686.
[6]But she had brought them upH5927[H8689] to the roofH1406 of the house, and hidH2934[H8799] them with the stalksH6086 of flaxH6593, which she had laid in orderH6186[H8803] upon the roofH1406.
[7]And the menH582 pursuedH7291[H8804] afterH310 them the wayH1870 to JordanH3383 unto the fordsH4569: and as soon as they which pursuedH7291[H8802] afterH310 them were gone outH3318[H8804], they shutH5462[H8804] the gateH8179.
[8]And before they were laid downH7901[H8799], she came upH5927[H8804] unto them upon the roofH1406;
[9]And she saidH559[H8799] unto the menH582, I knowH3045[H8804] that the LORDH3068 hath givenH5414[H8804] you the landH776, and that your terrorH367 is fallenH5307[H8804] upon us, and that all the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of the landH776 faintH4127[H8738] because of youH6440.
[10]For we have heardH8085[H8804] how the LORDH3068 dried upH3001[H8689] the waterH4325 of the RedH5488 seaH3220 for youH6440, when ye came outH3318[H8800] of EgyptH4714; and what ye didH6213[H8804] unto the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of the AmoritesH567, that were on the other sideH5676 JordanH3383, SihonH5511 and OgH5747, whom ye utterly destroyedH2763.[H8689]
[11]And as soon as we had heardH8085[H8799] these things, our heartsH3824 did meltH4549[H8735], neither did there remainH6965[H8804] any more courageH7307 in any manH376, becauseH6440 of you: for the LORDH3068 your GodH430, he is GodH430 in heavenH8064 aboveH4605, and in earth beneathH776.
[12]Now therefore, I pray you, swearH7650[H8734] unto me by the LORDH3068, sinceH3588 I have shewedH6213[H8804] you kindnessH2617, that ye will also shewH6213[H8804] kindnessH2617 unto my father'sH1 houseH1004, and giveH5414[H8804] me a trueH571 tokenH226:
[13]And that ye will save aliveH2421[H8689] my fatherH1, and my motherH517, and my brethrenH251, and my sistersH269, and all that they have, and deliverH5337[H8689] our livesH5315 from deathH4194.
[14]And the menH582 answeredH559[H8799] her, Our lifeH5315 for yoursH4191[H8800], if ye utterH5046[H8686] not this our businessH1697. And it shall be, when the LORDH3068 hath givenH5414[H8800] us the landH776, that we will dealH6213[H8804] kindlyH2617 and truly with theeH571.
[15]Then she let them downH3381[H8686] by a cordH2256 throughH1157 the windowH2474: for her houseH1004 was upon the townH7023 wallH2346, and she dweltH3427[H8802] upon the wallH2346.
[16]And she saidH559[H8799] unto them, GetH3212[H8798] you to the mountainH2022, lest the pursuersH7291[H8802] meetH6293[H8799] you; and hideH2247[H8738] yourselves there threeH7969 daysH3117, until the pursuersH7291[H8802] be returnedH7725[H8800]: and afterwardH310 may ye goH3212[H8799] your wayH1870.
[17]And the menH582 saidH559[H8799] unto her, We will be blamelessH5355 of this thine oathH7621 which thou hast made us swearH7650.[H8689]
[18]Behold, when we comeH935[H8802] into the landH776, thou shalt bindH7194[H8799] this lineH8615 of scarletH8144 threadH2339 in the windowH2474 which thou didst let us down byH3381[H8689]: and thou shalt bringH622[H8799] thy fatherH1, and thy motherH517, and thy brethrenH251, and all thy father'sH1 householdH1004, home unto theeH1004.
[19]And it shall be, that whosoeverH834 shall go outH3318[H8799] of the doorsH1817 of thy houseH1004 into the streetH2351, his bloodH1818 shall be upon his headH7218, and we will be guiltlessH5355: and whosoever shall be with thee in the houseH1004, his bloodH1818 shall be on our headH7218, if any hand be upon himH3027.
[20]And if thou utterH5046[H8686] this our businessH1697, then we will be quitH5355 of thine oathH7621 which thou hast made us to swearH7650.[H8689]
[21]And she saidH559[H8799], According unto your wordsH1697, so be it. And she sent them awayH7971[H8762], and they departedH3212[H8799]: and she boundH7194[H8799] the scarletH8144 lineH8615 in the windowH2474.
[22]And they wentH3212[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] unto the mountainH2022, and abodeH3427[H8799] there threeH7969 daysH3117, until the pursuersH7291[H8802] were returnedH7725[H8804]: and the pursuersH7291[H8802] soughtH1245[H8762] them throughout all the wayH1870, but foundH4672 them notH8804.
[23]So the twoH8147 menH582 returnedH7725[H8799], and descendedH3381[H8799] from the mountainH2022, and passed overH5674[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] to JoshuaH3091 the sonH1121 of NunH5126, and toldH5608[H8762] him all things that befellH4672 themH8802:
[24]And they saidH559[H8799] unto JoshuaH3091, TrulyH3588 the LORDH3068 hath deliveredH5414[H8804] into our handsH3027 all the landH776; for even all the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of the countryH776 do faintH4127[H8738] because of usH6440.
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