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The Book of Joshua

Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic

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(Hebrews 11:30–31)
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And Joshua son of Nun silently sends two men, spies, from Shittim, saying, “Go, see the land—and Jericho”; and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name [is] Rahab, and they lie down there.
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And it is told to the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men have come in here tonight, from the sons of Israel, to search the land.”
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And the king of Jericho sends to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who are coming to you, who have come into your house, for they have come to search the entirety of the land.”
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And the woman takes the two men, and hides them, and says thus: “The men came to me, and I have not known where they [are] from;
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and it comes to passthe gate is to [be] shutin the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known to where the men have gone; pursue, hurry after them, for you overtake them”;
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and she has caused them to go up on the roof, and hides them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.
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And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and they have shut the gate afterward when the pursuers have gone out after them.

The Promise to Rahab

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And before they lie down, she has gone up to them on the roof,
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and she says to the men, “I have known that YHWH has given the land to you, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.
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For we have heard how YHWH dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which you have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom you devoted.
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And we hear, and our heart melts, and there has not stood anymore spirit in [any] man from your presence, for He, your God YHWH, [is] God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
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And now, please swear to me by YHWHbecause I have done kindness with youthat you have done, even you, kindness with the house of my father, and have given a true token to me,
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and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.”
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And the men say to her, “Our soul to die for yours; if you do not declare thisour matter, then it has been, in YHWH’s giving this land to us, that we have done kindness and truth with you.”
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And she causes them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house [is] in the side of the wall, and she [is] dwelling in the wall;
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and she says to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers come on you; and you have been hidden there three days until the turning back of the pursuers, and afterward you go on your way.”
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And the men say to her, “We are acquitted of this, your oath, which you have caused us to swear:
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behold, we are coming into the land, bind this line of scarlet thread to the window by which you have caused us to go down, and gather your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all the house of your father to you, to the house;
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and it has been, anyone who goes out from the doors of your house outside, his blood [is] on his head, and we are innocent; and anyone who is with you in the house, his blood [is] on our head, if a hand is on him;
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and if you declare thisour matter, then we have been acquitted from your oath which you have caused us to swear.”
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And she says, “According to your words, so it [is]”; and she sends them away, and they go; and she binds the scarlet line to the window.
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And they go, and come to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.
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And the two men turn back, and come down from the hill, and pass over, and come to Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that has come on them;
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and they say to Joshua, “Surely YHWH has given all the land into our hand; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.”
(Hebrews 11:30–31)
1
Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
2
The king of Jericho was told, “Behold,(a) men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
3
Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”
4
The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.
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About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
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But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
7
The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

The Promise to Rahab

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Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.
9
She said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
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For we have heard how the LORD 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.
11
As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
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Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
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and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.”
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The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when the LORD gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
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Then 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.
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She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”
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The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.
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Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
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It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
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But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”
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She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.
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They went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them.
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Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, crossed the river, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. They told him all that had happened to them.
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They said to Joshua, “Truly the LORD has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”

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(a)2:2 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.