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And Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126]sent[H7971] out of Shittim[H7851]two[H8147]men[H582] to spy[H7270]secretly[H2791], saying[H559], Go[H3212]view[H7200] the land[H776], even Jericho[H3405]. And they went[H3212], and came[H935] into an harlot's house[H802], named[H8034]Rahab[H7343], and lodged[H7901] there.
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And it was told[H559] the king[H4428] of Jericho[H3405], saying[H559], Behold, there came[H935]men[H582] in hither to night[H3915] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] to search out[H2658] the country[H776].
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And the king[H4428] of Jericho[H3405]sent[H7971] unto Rahab[H7343], saying[H559], Bring forth[H3318] the men[H582] that are come[H935] to thee, which are entered[H935] into thine house[H1004]: for they be come[H935] to search out[H2658] all the country[H776].
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And the woman[H802]took[H3947] the two[H8147]men[H582], and hid[H6845] them, and said[H559] thus, There came[H935]men[H582] unto me, but I wist[H3045] not whence[H370] 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[H582]went[H1980]out[H3318]: whither the men[H582]went[H1980] I wot[H3045] not: pursue[H7291]after[H310] 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[H582]pursued[H7291]after[H310] them the way[H1870] to Jordan[H3383] unto the fords[H4569]: and as soon as they which pursued[H7291]after[H310] 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[H559] unto the men[H582], I know[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] hath given[H5414] you the land[H776], and that your terror[H367] is fallen[H5307] upon us, and that all the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776]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[H567], 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[H376], because[H6440] of you: for the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], he is God[H430] in heaven[H8064]above[H4605], and in earth[H776] 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 house[H1004], and give[H5414] me a true[H571]token[H226]:
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And that ye will save alive[H2421] my father[H1], and my mother[H517], and my brethren[H251], and my sisters[H269], and all that they have, and deliver[H5337] our lives[H5315] from death[H4194].
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And the men[H582]answered[H559] 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[H776], that we will deal[H6213]kindly[H2617] and truly[H571] 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[H559] 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[H310] may ye go[H3212] your way[H1870].
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And the men[H582]said[H559] 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[H935] into the land[H776], thou shalt bind[H7194] this line[H8615] of scarlet[H8144]thread[H2339] in the window[H2474] which thou didst let us down by[H3381]: and thou shalt bring[H622] thy father[H1], and thy mother[H517], and thy brethren[H251], and all thy father[H1]'s household[H1004], home[H1004] unto thee.
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And it shall be, that whosoever[H834] 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[H834] 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[H559], 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[H935] 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[H582]returned[H7725], and descended[H3381] from the mountain[H2022], and passed over[H5674], and came[H935] 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[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Truly[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] into our hands[H3027] all the land[H776]; for even all the inhabitants[H3427] of the country[H776] do faint[H4127]because[H6440] of us.