And Joshua <H3091> the son <H1121> of Nun <H5126> sent <H7971> out of Shittim <H7851> two <H8147> men <H0582> to spy <H7270> secretly, <H2791> saying, <H0559> Go <H3212> view <H7200> the land, <H0776> even Jericho. <H3405> And they went, <H3212> and came <H0935> into an harlot's <H0802> <H2181> house, <H1004> named <H8034> Rahab, <H7343> and lodged <H7901> there.
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And it was told <H0559> the king <H4428> of Jericho, <H3405> saying, <H0559> Behold, there came <H0935> men <H0582> in hither to night <H3915> of the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> to search out <H2658> the country. <H0776>
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And the king <H4428> of Jericho <H3405> sent <H7971> unto Rahab, <H7343> saying, <H0559> Bring forth <H3318> the men <H0582> that are come <H0935> to thee, which are entered <H0935> into thine house: <H1004> for they be come <H0935> to search out <H2658> all the country. <H0776>
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And the woman <H0802> took <H3947> the two <H8147> men, <H0582> and hid <H6845> them, and said <H0559> thus, There came <H0935> men <H0582> unto me, but I wist <H3045> not whence <H0370> they [were]:
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And it came to pass [about the time] of shutting <H5462> of the gate, <H8179> when it was dark, <H2822> that the men <H0582> went out: <H3318> whither the men <H0582> went <H1980> I wot <H3045> not: pursue <H7291> after <H0310> them quickly; <H4118> for ye shall overtake <H5381> them.
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But she had brought them up <H5927> to the roof <H1406> of the house, and hid <H2934> them with the stalks <H6086> of flax, <H6593> which she had laid in order <H6186> upon the roof. <H1406>
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And the men <H0582> pursued <H7291> after <H0310> them the way <H1870> to Jordan <H3383> unto the fords: <H4569> and as soon <H0310> as they which pursued <H7291> after <H0310> them were gone out, <H3318> they shut <H5462> the gate. <H8179>
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And before they were laid down, <H7901> she came up <H5927> unto them upon the roof; <H1406>
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And she said <H0559> unto the men, <H0582> I know <H3045> that the LORD <H3068> hath given <H5414> you the land, <H0776> and that your terror <H0367> is fallen <H5307> upon us, and that all the inhabitants <H3427> of the land <H0776> faint <H4127> because <H6440> of you.
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For we have heard <H8085> how the LORD <H3068> dried up <H3001> the water <H4325> of the Red <H5488> sea <H3220> for you, <H6440> when ye came out <H3318> of Egypt; <H4714> and what ye did <H6213> unto the two <H8147> kings <H4428> of the Amorites, <H0567> that [were] on the other side <H5676> Jordan, <H3383> Sihon <H5511> and Og, <H5747> whom ye utterly destroyed. <H2763>
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And as soon as we had heard <H8085> [these things], our hearts <H3824> did melt, <H4549> neither did there remain <H6965> any more courage <H7307> in any man, <H0376> because <H6440> of you: for the LORD <H3068> your God, <H0430> he [is] God <H0430> in heaven <H8064> above, <H4605> and in earth <H0776> beneath.
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Now therefore, I pray you, swear <H7650> unto me by the LORD, <H3068> since <H3588> I have shewed <H6213> you kindness, <H2617> that ye will also shew <H6213> kindness <H2617> unto my father's <H0001> house, <H1004> and give <H5414> me a true <H0571> token: <H0226>
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And [that] ye will save alive <H2421> my father, <H0001> and my mother, <H0517> and my brethren, <H0251> and my sisters, <H0269> and all that they have, and deliver <H5337> our lives <H5315> from death. <H4194>
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And the men <H0582> answered <H0559> her, Our life <H5315> for yours, <H4191> if ye utter <H5046> not this our business. <H1697> And it shall be, when the LORD <H3068> hath given <H5414> us the land, <H0776> that we will deal <H6213> kindly <H2617> and truly <H0571> with thee.
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Then she let them down <H3381> by a cord <H2256> through <H1157> the window: <H2474> for her house <H1004> [was] upon the town <H7023> wall, <H2346> and she dwelt <H3427> upon the wall. <H2346>
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And she said <H0559> unto them, Get <H3212> you to the mountain, <H2022> lest the pursuers <H7291> meet <H6293> you; and hide <H2247> yourselves there three <H7969> days, <H3117> until the pursuers <H7291> be returned: <H7725> and afterward <H0310> may ye go <H3212> your way. <H1870>
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And the men <H0582> said <H0559> unto her, We [will be] blameless <H5355> of this thine oath <H7621> which thou hast made us swear. <H7650>
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Behold, [when] we come <H0935> into the land, <H0776> thou shalt bind <H7194> this line <H8615> of scarlet <H8144> thread <H2339> in the window <H2474> which thou didst let us down <H3381> by: and thou shalt bring <H0622> thy father, <H0001> and thy mother, <H0517> and thy brethren, <H0251> and all thy father's <H0001> household, <H1004> home <H1004> unto thee.
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And it shall be, [that] whosoever <H0834> shall go out <H3318> of the doors <H1817> of thy house <H1004> into the street, <H2351> his blood <H1818> [shall be] upon his head, <H7218> and we [will be] guiltless: <H5355> and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, <H1004> his blood <H1818> [shall be] on our head, <H7218> if [any] hand <H3027> be upon him.
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And if thou utter <H5046> this our business, <H1697> then we will be quit <H5355> of thine oath <H7621> which thou hast made us to swear. <H7650>
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And she said, <H0559> According unto your words, <H1697> so [be] it. And she sent them away, <H7971> and they departed: <H3212> and she bound <H7194> the scarlet <H8144> line <H8615> in the window. <H2474>
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And they went, <H3212> and came <H0935> unto the mountain, <H2022> and abode <H3427> there three <H7969> days, <H3117> until the pursuers <H7291> were returned: <H7725> and the pursuers <H7291> sought <H1245> [them] throughout all the way, <H1870> but found <H4672> [them] not.
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So the two <H8147> men <H0582> returned, <H7725> and descended <H3381> from the mountain, <H2022> and passed over, <H5674> and came <H0935> to Joshua <H3091> the son <H1121> of Nun, <H5126> and told <H5608> him all [things] that befell <H4672> them:
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And they said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> Truly <H3588> the LORD <H3068> hath delivered <H5414> into our hands <H3027> all the land; <H0776> for even all the inhabitants <H3427> of the country <H0776> do faint <H4127> because <H6440> of us.