Rahab Welcomes the Spies
Joshua
1 Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim, 8 The covenant between her and them, 23 Their return and description of events
Num 25:1;Heb 11:31;Jam 2:25 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Psa 127:1;Pro 21:30;2 Cor 5:18-21 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
Joh 17:12;Rev 13:11;Dan 7:25 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
2 Sam 17:19;Isa 14:14;Rev 13:6 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
Tit 2:11;Isa 29:13;Eze 33:30-32 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Exo 1:17;Joh 15:4;Mat 11:29 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
2 Joh 1:5;1 Joh 3:11;1 Joh 4:3 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
Deu 2:25;Exo 15:15;Gen 35:5 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Jos 4:23;Num 21:24;Num 21:34-35 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Zec 8:23;Zec 8:20;Dan 4:34-35 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
1 Tim 5:8;Eph 6:1-2;1 Sam 20:17 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
1 Joh 1:113 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Mat 5:7;Eph 6:10;Jer 31:33 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
Act 9:25;Heb 11:31;Gal 1:10 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
Ecc 5:11;1 Joh 4:10;1 Joh 4:10 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
Exo 20:7;Psa 125:1;Pro 10:25 17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Gen 7:1;2 Tim 1:16;Act 11:14 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
Num 35:26-27;Mat 27:25;1 Cor 11:19 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
Joh 10:4-5;Act 3:14;Mar 1:24 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
1 Cor 1:17;2 Cor 10:10;Gal 4:13 21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Rom 11:122 ¶ And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
Joh 14:7;1 Cor 15:10;Act 9:16 23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: