Joshua 2:6 “(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the sta…”

Joshua 2:6

(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

Geneva Bible 1599

(But she had brought them vp to the roofe of the house, and hidde them with the stalkes of flaxe, which she had spread abroad vpon the roofe)

Darby Translation

But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

Young's Literal Translation

and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

Bible in Basic English

But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.

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Cross references

“to the roof”

Joshua 2:8 Exodus 1:15–21 Deuteronomy 22:8 2 Samuel 11:2 Matthew 24:17

Joshua 2:8 · BSB

Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

Exodus 1:15–21 · BSB

Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

Deuteronomy 22:8 · BSB

If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

2 Samuel 11:2 · BSB

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

Matthew 24:17 · BSB

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

“hid them”

Hebrews 11:23 2 Samuel 17:19 Colossians 3:3 Exodus 2:2 1 Kings 18:4 1 Kings 18:13

Hebrews 11:23 · BSB

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

2 Samuel 17:19 · BSB

Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

Colossians 3:3 · BSB

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Exodus 2:2 · BSB

and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.

1 Kings 18:4 · BSB

for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

1 Kings 18:13 · BSB

Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

Also

James 2:25

James 2:25 · BSB

In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

7So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

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