Joshua
2
1 2
3 4 5
6 7 8
9 10 11
12 13 14
15 16 17
18 19
20 21 22
23 24
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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:
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
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
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:
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.
Return to Bible Index Page
|