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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 an harlot's house,
named Rahab, and lodged there.
02 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.
03 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 to search out all the country.
04 And the woman took the two men, and hid them,
and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist
not whence they were:
05 And it came to pass about the time of shutting
of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went
out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after
them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
06 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.
07 And the men pursued after them the way to
Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which
pursued after them were gone out, they shut the
gate.
08 And before they were laid down, she came up
unto them upon the roof;
09 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 things, our
hearts did melt, neither did there remain any
more courage in any man, because of you: for the
Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in
earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by
the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that
ye will also shew kindness unto my father's
house, and give me a true token:
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13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my
mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all
that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours,
if ye utter not this our business. And it shall
be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we
will deal kindly and truly with thee.
15 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.
16 And she said unto them, Get you to the
mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide
yourselves there three days, until the pursuers
be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
17 And the men said unto her, We will be
blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made
us swear.
18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt
bind this line of scarlet thread in the window
which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt
bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy
brethren, and all thy father's household, home
unto thee.
19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out
of the doors of thy house into the street, his
blood shall be upon his head, and we will be
guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in
the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any
hand be upon him.
20 And if thou utter this our business, then we
will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made
us to swear.
21 And she said, According unto your words, so be
it. And she sent them away, and they departed:
and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and
abode there three days, until the pursuers were
returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout
all the way, but found them not.
23 So the two men returned, and descended from
the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua
the son of Nun, and told him all things that
befell them:
24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath
delivered into our hands all the land; for even
all the inhabitants of the country do faint
because of us.
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