Joshua 2:6

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • 2 Sam 17:19 : 19 And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.
  • 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
  • 1 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
  • 2 Kgs 11:2 : 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, [and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.
  • Matt 24:17 : 17 let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Heb 11:23 : 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
  • Jas 2:25 : 25 And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
  • Exod 1:15-21 : 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them. 20 And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
  • Exod 2:2 : 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
  • Deut 22:8 : 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
  • Josh 2:8 : 8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

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    7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

    8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

  • Josh 2:14-18
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    14And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

    15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

    17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

    18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household.

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

    2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.

    3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

    4And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

    5and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

  • Exod 2:2-3
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    2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

    3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

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    21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

    22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

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    17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En-rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David: for they might not be seen to come into the city.

    18But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

    19And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.

    20And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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    22And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

    23And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.

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    14And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.

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    16And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

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    25But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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    5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.

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    17So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

    18And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.

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    32Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

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    13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

    14that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

  • Exod 2:5-6
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    5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.

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    2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

  • Ruth 3:6-7
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    6And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

    7And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

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    4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

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    21And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.

  • Ruth 3:4
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    4And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

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    11And both of them disclosed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

  • 2 Kgs 11:2
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    2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, [and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;

  • 2 Kgs 4:10
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    10Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.