Joshua 2:8
Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
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- Josh 2:1-77 verses82%
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.
2The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”
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.
- Josh 2:14-174 verses81%
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:
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9She 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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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.”
- Josh 2:21-233 verses75%
21She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
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.
23Then 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.
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32Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.
- Ruth 3:7-82 verses73%
7When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him.
8In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!
- Judg 19:26-272 verses72%
26The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.
27When her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.
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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.”
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8Look, I have two daughters who have never been intimate with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you please. Only don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
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4When he gets ready to go to sleep, take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs, and lie down beside him. He will tell you what you should do.”
- Josh 8:12-132 verses70%
12He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.
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2One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
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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.’”
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9Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.
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4Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men– both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom– surrounded the house.
- Judg 19:13-142 verses69%
13He said to his servant,“Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
14So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.
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22They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house,“Send out the man who came to visit you so we can take carnal knowledge of him.”
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9When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him,“Look! The day is almost over! Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.”
- Gen 19:1-22 verses69%
1The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
2He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.”
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11One day Elisha came for a visit; he went into the upper room and rested.
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51There 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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5The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.
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11When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master,“Come on, let’s stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”
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9Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
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24the 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.”
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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.
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14One time Achsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“What would you like?”