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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
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And she said unto
the men, I know that the L
ORD
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.
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For we have heard how the L
ORD
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.
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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 L
ORD
your God, he
is
God in heaven above, and in
earth beneath.
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Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the L
ORD
, 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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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.
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And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter
not this our business. And it shall be, when the L
ORD
hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly
and truly with thee.
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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.
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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.
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And the men said unto her, We
will be
blameless of this thine
oath which thou hast made us swear.
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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.
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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.
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And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit
of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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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.
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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.
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