Joshua 2:21
She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
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- Josh 2:18 : 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.
- Matt 7:24 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
- John 2:5 : 5 His mother told the servants,“Whatever he tells you, do it.”
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- Josh 2:13-208 verses84%
13that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”
14The 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.”
15Then 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.)
16She 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.”
17The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
18When 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.
19Anyone 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.
20If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”
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22They 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.
- Josh 2:3-86 verses75%
3So 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!”
4But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.
5When 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.)
7Meanwhile 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.
8Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
- Josh 6:22-232 verses72%
22Joshua 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.”
23So 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.
- Ruth 3:5-62 verses71%
5Ruth replied to Naomi,“I will do everything you have told me to do.”
6Ruth Visits Boaz So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
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18When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her.
- Gen 38:18-192 verses70%
18He said,“What pledge should I give you?” She replied,“Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her, then slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
19She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.
- Judg 11:36-383 verses70%
36She said to him,“My father, since you made an oath to the LORD, do to me as you promised. After all, the LORD vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites.”
37She then said to her father,“Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
38He said,“You may go.” He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.
- Ruth 3:14-163 verses69%
14So 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.”
15Then 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,
16and she returned to her mother-in-law. Ruth Returns to NaomiWhen Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked,“How did things turn out for you, my daughter?” Ruth told her about all the man had done for her.
- Gen 38:27-282 verses69%
27When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
28While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying,“This one came out first.”
- Gen 39:12-165 verses69%
12She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying,“Come to bed with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.
13When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,
14she 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.
15When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside.”
16So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.
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20He 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.’”
- 2 Sam 13:17-182 verses68%
17He called his personal attendant and said to him,“Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!”
18(Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king’s virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon’s attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.
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1Joshua 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.
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55But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied,“Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”
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57Then they said,“We’ll call the girl and find out what she wants to do.”
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18but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”
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28The young woman ran and told her mother’s household all about these things.
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10But they said to her,“No! We will return with you to your people.”
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20She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.
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18She said,“In the past they would always say,‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.
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7She asked,‘May I follow the harvesters and gather grain among the bundles?’ Since she arrived she has been working hard from this morning until now– except for sitting in the resting hut a short time.”
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8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
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18Ruth Returns to Naomi She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime.