| Chapter 2
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| 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 showed you
kindness, that ye will also show 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: |
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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. |
