Joshua 2:6

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(But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under stalks of flax she had arranged there.)

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  • 2 Sam 17:19 : 19 The man's wife took a covering, spread it over the opening of the well, and scattered grain on top of it so that nothing was noticeable.
  • 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets, hidden them in two caves in groups of fifty, and provided them with bread and water.
  • 1 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Has it not been reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD's prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with bread and water.
  • 2 Kgs 11:2 : 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and secretly rescued him from among the king's sons who were being put to death, along with his nurse, and hid him in a bedroom. So he was hidden from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a royal prince, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
  • Matt 24:17 : 17 'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.'
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • Heb 11:23 : 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's order.
  • Jas 2:25 : 25 In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route?
  • Exod 1:15-21 : 15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 "When you help the Hebrew women give birth and observe them on the birthing stools, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live." 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not obey the king of Egypt's command; they let the boys live. 18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?" 19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive." 20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
  • Exod 2:2 : 2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.
  • Deut 22:8 : 8 When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you do not bring bloodguilt upon your house if someone falls from it.
  • Josh 2:8 : 8 Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up to the roof
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.

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  • Josh 2:7-8
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    7The pursuers set out along the road toward the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left, the city gate was shut.

    8Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up to the roof

  • Josh 2:14-18
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    14The men said to her, "Our lives for your lives! If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the LORD gives us the land."

    15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was part of the city wall, and she lived in the wall.

    16She said to them, "Go to the hill country so the pursuers won’t find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return, and then go on your way."

    17The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath you made us swear

    18if, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet rope in the window through which you let us down and gathered your family into your house—your father, mother, brothers, and all who belong to you.

  • Josh 2:1-5
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    1Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim, saying, "Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho." They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

    2Soon the king of Jericho was told, "Some men from the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."

    3So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they've come to spy on the entire land."

    4But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they were from.

    5At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left, and I don’t know where they went. Pursue them quickly, and you might catch up with them!"

  • Exod 2:2-3
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    2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

    3When she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket, coated it with tar and pitch, placed the child inside, and laid it among the reeds along the riverbank.

  • Josh 2:21-22
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    21She said, "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

    22They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers searched all along the road but did not find them.

  • 2 Sam 17:17-20
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    17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel. A servant girl would go and inform them, and they would go and inform King David, for they could not be seen entering the city.

    18But a young man saw them and reported it to Absalom. So both of them left quickly and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.

    19The man's wife took a covering, spread it over the opening of the well, and scattered grain on top of it so that nothing was noticeable.

    20When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' She answered, 'They crossed over the stream.' The servants searched but did not find them, and they returned to Jerusalem.

  • Josh 6:22-23
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    22But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, 'Go to the house of the prostitute and bring her out, along with everyone who belongs to her, just as you swore to her.'

    23So the young men who had scouted the land went in and brought out Rahab, along with her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and placed them outside the camp of Israel.

  • Ruth 3:14-15
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    14So she lay at his feet until morning but got up before anyone could recognize another. For he said, 'Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.'

    15And he said, 'Bring me the cloak that you are wearing and hold it out.' So she held it out, and he measured out six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the town.

  • Gen 39:16
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    16She kept his garment beside her until his master came home.

  • Josh 6:25
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    25Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, along with her family and everyone belonging to her, and she has lived among the Israelites to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

  • 2 Kgs 4:5
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    5So she left him, shut the door behind her and her sons, and they kept bringing vessels to her while she poured the oil.

  • Ruth 2:17-18
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    17So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah of barley.

    18She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Ruth also brought out and gave Naomi what she had leftover after she had eaten her fill.

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    32Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.

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    13When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside,

    14she called her household servants and said to them, "Look, this Hebrew man has been brought to us to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, but I screamed loudly.

  • Exod 2:5-6
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    5Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe at the river, and her attendants walked along the bank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her servant, and had it brought to her.

    6She opened it and saw the child—behold, the baby was crying. She felt compassion for him and said, 'This is one of the Hebrew children.'

  • Judg 6:2
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    2Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

  • Ruth 3:6-7
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    6So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her.

    7When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

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    4So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21
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    21She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.

  • Ruth 3:4
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    4When he lies down, take note of the place where he is lying. Then go, uncover his feet, and lie down. He will tell you what to do.

  • 1 Sam 14:11
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    11So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine garrison, and the Philistines said, 'Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes they were hiding in!'

  • 2 Kgs 11:2
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    2But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and secretly rescued him from among the king's sons who were being put to death, along with his nurse, and hid him in a bedroom. So he was hidden from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

  • 2 Kgs 4:10
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    10Let’s make a small room on the roof with walls and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then, whenever he comes to us, he can stay there.