Joshua 2:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;

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  • Josh 6:23 : 23 So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.
  • Gen 19:12-17 : 12 Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place; 13 For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town. 14 And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously. 15 And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town. 16 But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town. 17 And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
  • Gen 7:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
  • Josh 2:12-13 : 12 So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house, 13 And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?
  • Josh 2:21 : 21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
  • Lev 14:4 : 4 Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.
  • Num 4:8 : 8 And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.
  • Num 19:6 : 6 Then let the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and red thread, and put them into the fire where the cow is burning.
  • Esth 8:6 : 6 For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?
  • Luke 19:9 : 9 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.
  • Acts 10:27 : 27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.
  • Acts 11:14 : 14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;
  • Heb 9:19 : 19 For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:19-22
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    84%

    19 Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

    20 But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.

    21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

    22 And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

  • Josh 2:12-17
    6 verses
    79%

    12 So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,

    13 And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?

    14 And the men said to her, Our life for yours if you keep our business secret; and when the Lord has given us the land, we will keep faith and be kind to you.

    15 Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.

    16 And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way.

    17 And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,

  • Josh 2:3-8
    6 verses
    72%

    3 Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.

    4 And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;

    5 And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them.

    6 But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.

    7 So the men went after them on the road to Jordan as far as the river-crossing: and when they had gone out after them, the door into the town was shut.

    8 And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Gen 38:28
    70%

    28 And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

  • Josh 6:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22 Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.

    23 So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

  • Gen 44:21-24
    4 verses
    69%

    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

    22 And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

    23 But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

    24 And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.

  • Gen 44:30-32
    3 verses
    69%

    30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

    31 When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

  • Gen 45:13
    68%

    13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • Gen 43:7
    68%

    7 Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • Gen 42:33-34
    2 verses
    68%

    33 And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

    34 And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

  • Gen 24:41
    68%

    41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Ruth 3:4
    68%

    4 But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your place by him; and he will say what you are to do.

  • Gen 31:16
    68%

    16 For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

  • Gen 24:4
    67%

    4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

  • Gen 38:30
    67%

    30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

  • Gen 44:8
    67%

    8 See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?

  • Gen 24:8
    67%

    8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • Gen 37:7
    67%

    7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

  • Gen 42:12
    67%

    12 And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

  • Gen 44:26
    67%

    26 And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

  • Ruth 3:15
    67%

    15 And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.

  • 2 Sam 17:13
    67%

    13 And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.

  • Gen 20:13
    67%

    13 And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.