Joshua 2:15
Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)
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- Acts 9:25 : 25 But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.
- 2 Cor 11:33 : 33 but I was let down in a rope-basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.
- Josh 6:20 : 20 The rams’ horns sounded and when the army heard the signal, they gave a loud battle cry. The wall collapsed and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.
- 1 Sam 19:12-17 : 12 So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped. 13 Then Michal took a household idol and put it on the bed. She put a quilt made of goat’s hair over its head and then covered the idol with a garment. 14 When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said,“He’s sick.” 15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying,“Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.” 16 When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head. 17 Saul said to Michal,“Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul,“He said to me,‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”
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- Josh 2:16-238 verses85%
16 She told them,“Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”
17 The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
18 When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house.
19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death– we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.
20 If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”
21 She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
22 They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.
23 Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.
- Josh 2:13-142 verses82%
13 that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”
14 The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”
- Josh 2:1-99 verses81%
1 Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
2 The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”
3 So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab:“Turn over the men who came to you– the ones who came to your house– for they have come to spy on the whole land!”
4 But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.
5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”
6 (Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)
7 Meanwhile the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.
8 Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
9 She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.
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22 Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land,“Enter the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her.”
23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp.
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24 the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him,“If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”
25 He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.
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14 So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought,“No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor.”
15 Then he said,“Hold out the shawl you are wearing and grip it tightly.” As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he went into town,
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20 He said to her,“Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you,‘Is there a man here?’ say,‘No.’”
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12 So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.
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25 Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.
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16 Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.
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18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.
- 2 Sam 20:15-162 verses69%
15 So Joab’s men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab’s soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse,
16 a wise woman called out from the city,“Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab,‘Come near so that I may speak to you.’”
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19 His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
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51 There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.
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14 she called for her household servants and said to them,“See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to go to bed with me, but I screamed loudly.
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17 The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
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10 Let’s make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”
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26 The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.