Joshua 2:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Sam 19:10-12 : 10 And Saul would have sent his spear through him, pinning him to the wall, but he got away and the spear went into the wall: and that night David went in flight and got away. 11 Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning. 12 So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.
  • 2 Sam 17:20 : 20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 32:6-7 : 6 For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him. 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

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  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    86%

    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,

    18 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;

  • Josh 2:23
    85%

    23 Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.

  • Josh 2:21
    78%

    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.

  • Josh 2:1-8
    8 verses
    77%

    1 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

    2 And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

    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,

  • 2 Kgs 2:17
    73%

    17 But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

  • Josh 6:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 1:24
    71%

    24 And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

  • Josh 3:2
    71%

    2 And at the end of three days, the men in authority over the people went through the tents,

  • Judg 19:14
    71%

    14 So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

  • Gen 31:23
    71%

    23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Luke 2:44-45
    2 verses
    71%

    44 And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

    45 And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

  • Num 10:33
    70%

    33 So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

  • Num 13:25
    70%

    25 At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.

  • Judg 19:4
    69%

    4 And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

  • Exod 19:2
    69%

    2 And when they had gone away from Rephidim and had come into the waste land of Sinai, they put up their tents in the waste land before the mountain: there Israel put up its tents.

  • Judg 18:13
    69%

    13 From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

  • 2 Sam 17:20
    69%

    20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

  • Num 13:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.

    22 They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Num 9:22
    69%

    22 Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.

  • Judg 3:26
    69%

    26 But Ehud had got away while they were waiting and had gone past the stone images and got away to Seirah.

  • 1 Sam 9:4
    69%

    4 So they went through the hill-country of Ephraim and through the land of Shalishah, but they saw no sign of them: then they went through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there: and they went through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not come across them.

  • Gen 38:22
    69%

    22 So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

  • 2 Sam 24:8
    68%

    8 So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

  • Judg 18:2
    68%

    2 So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

  • Josh 7:22
    68%

    22 So Joshua sent men quickly, and looking in his tent, they saw where the robe had been put away secretly with the silver under it.

  • Josh 9:6
    68%

    6 And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

  • 1 Sam 14:9
    68%

    9 If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them.

  • Josh 9:16
    68%

    16 Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.

  • Judg 1:24
    68%

    24 And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.