1Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, and Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

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Hebrews 11:31, Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25, James 2:25, Matthew 1:5

2The king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land."

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Daniel 4:35, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 43:13, Daniel 4:35, Proverbs 21:30

3The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land."

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2 Samuel 10:3, 2 Samuel 10:3, Job 21:30, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:12

4The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they came from.

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2 Kings 6:19, 2 Samuel 17:19, 2 Samuel 17:20, 2 Kings 6:19, 2 Samuel 17:19

5It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I do not know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them."

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Nehemiah 13:19, Isaiah 60:11, Ezekiel 47:1, Ezekiel 47:2, Jeremiah 50:20

6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.

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Hebrews 11:23, James 2:25, Hebrews 11:23, James 2:25, Colossians 3:3

7The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

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Judges 3:28, Judges 3:28, Joshua 2:5, Acts 5:23, Judges 12:5

8Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof;

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9and she said to the men, "I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

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Exodus 23:27, Exodus 23:27, Deuteronomy 2:25, Deuteronomy 2:25, Joshua 2:11

10For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

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Numbers 21:21, Numbers 21:35, Numbers 21:21, Numbers 21:35, Deuteronomy 2:30

11As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

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Deuteronomy 4:39, Deuteronomy 4:39, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 5:1, Isaiah 13:7

12Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;

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Joshua 2:18, Joshua 2:18, James 2:13, James 2:13, Ezekiel 9:4

13and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death."

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14The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you do not talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when the Lord gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."

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Judges 1:24, Judges 1:25, Matthew 5:7, Judges 1:24, Judges 1:25

15Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.

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Acts 9:25, Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33, 2 Corinthians 11:33, Joshua 6:20

16She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way."

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James 2:25, 1 Samuel 23:14, James 2:25, 1 Samuel 23:14, Psalms 11:1

17The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.

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Numbers 30:2, 2 Samuel 21:7, Numbers 30:2, 2 Samuel 21:7, 2 Samuel 21:1

18Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.

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Joshua 6:23, Joshua 6:23, Joshua 2:21, Joshua 2:21, Joshua 2:12

19It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.

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Acts 27:31, Acts 27:31, Acts 18:6, Ezekiel 33:4, Ezekiel 33:5

20But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear."

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Proverbs 11:13, Proverbs 11:13

21She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.

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Matthew 7:24, John 2:5, Joshua 2:18, Matthew 7:24, John 2:5

22They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but did not find them.

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1 Samuel 19:10, 1 Samuel 19:12, 2 Samuel 17:20, Psalms 32:6, Psalms 32:7

23Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.

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24They said to Joshua, "Truly the Lord has delivered into our hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us."

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Exodus 23:31, Exodus 23:31, Revelation 6:16, Revelation 6:17, Exodus 15:15