Joshua 2:8

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

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  • Josh 2:1-7
    7 verses
    82%

    1 Joshua 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.

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

    3 So 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."

    4 But 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.

    5 At 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!"

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

    7 The pursuers set out along the road toward the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left, the city gate was shut.

  • Josh 2:14-17
    4 verses
    81%

    14 The 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."

    15 Then 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.

    16 She 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."

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

  • Josh 2:9
    78%

    9 and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land and that fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

  • Ruth 3:14
    75%

    14 So 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.'

  • Josh 2:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

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

    22 They 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.

    23 Then the two men came down from the hill country, crossed over, and went to Joshua son of Nun. They reported to him all that had happened to them.

  • Judg 9:32
    73%

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

  • Ruth 3:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 When 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.

    8 In the middle of the night, the man was startled and turned over; there was a woman lying at his feet!

  • Judg 19:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 At daybreak, the woman came and fell at the doorway of the man's house where her master was staying, and she lay there until it was light.

    27 Her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went out to continue on his way. There was the woman, his concubine, lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.

  • Josh 6:22
    72%

    22 But 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.'

  • Gen 19:8
    70%

    8 Look, I have two daughters who have never been with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever seems good to you. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."

  • Ruth 3:4
    70%

    4 When 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.

  • Josh 8:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 He took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

    13 The people positioned all the camp to the north of the city, while a rear guard was placed to the west of the city. That night, Joshua went into the valley.

  • 2 Sam 11:2
    70%

    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.

  • Judg 4:20
    70%

    20 He said to her, "Stand at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say, 'No.'"

  • Josh 8:9
    70%

    9 So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site, remaining between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai. Joshua spent that night among the people.

  • Gen 19:4
    69%

    4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.

  • Judg 19:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 He said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

    14 So they passed on and continued their journey. The sun set as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

  • Judg 19:22
    69%

    22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."

  • Judg 19:9
    69%

    9 When the man, his concubine, and his servant arose to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Stay here tonight; the day is almost over. Spend the night here, and let your heart be content. You can rise early tomorrow and continue on your way home.”

  • Gen 19:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

    2 He said, "Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house. Spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and be on your way." But they said, "No, we will spend the night in the square."

  • 2 Kgs 4:11
    69%

    11 One day, when Elisha came, he went up to the upper room and lay down there.

  • Judg 9:51
    69%

    51 Now there was a strong tower in the middle of the city, and all the men and women, along with the city's leaders, fled there. They shut themselves inside and climbed up to the roof of the tower.

  • Judg 20:5
    69%

    5 While we were there, the men of Gibeah attacked me. They surrounded the house during the night and intended to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.

  • Judg 19:11
    69%

    11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and stay the night there.”

  • Josh 10:9
    69%

    9 After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise.

  • Judg 1:24
    68%

    24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, "Please show us how to enter the city, and we will treat you kindly."

  • Gen 39:14
    68%

    14 she 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.

  • Judg 1:14
    68%

    14 When she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"

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