Joshua - Verse by Verse

[Glenda]

Jos 2:3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men who have come in to you, who have come into your house. For they have come in to search out all the land.

 

[doc329]

Joshua 2:4 (KJV)
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:

 

[CaerMac]

Jos 2:5 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.

 

[worldwatcher]

Joshua 2:6
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.

 

[barb754]

Joshua 2:7 (KJV)
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.

 

[Glenda]

Jos 2:8 And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof.

 

[CaerMac]

Jos 2:9 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.

 

[doc329]

Job 30:7 (KJV)
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

 

[CaerMac]

Joshua 2:10 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.

 

[doc329]

Joshua 2:11 (KJV)
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.

 

[CaerMac]

Joshua 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

 

[Glenda]

Jos 2:13 and shall keep alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that is to them, and shall deliver our souls from death.

 

[barb754]

Joshua 2:14 (KJV)
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.

 

[CaerMac]

Joshua 2:15 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.

 

[doc329]

Joshua 2:16 (KJV)
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.

 

[worldwatcher]

Joshua 2:17
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

 

[Glenda]

Jos 2:18 Behold, we are coming into the land; you shall bind this scarlet thread of line in the window by which you have let us down. And you shall gather your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's house to you, to the house.

 

[doc329]

Joshua 2:19 (KJV)
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.

 

[CaerMac]

Joshua 2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

 

[Glenda]

Jos 2:21 And she said, Let it be according to your words. And she sent them away. And they went. And she bound the line of scarlet thread in the window.