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And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies , silently, saying, `Go , see the land -- and Jericho ;' and they Go and come into the house of a woman , a harlot , and her name [is] Rahab, and they lie down there.
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And it is told to the king of Jericho , saying, `Lo, men have come in hither to-night , from the sons of Israel , to search the land .
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And the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, `Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house , for to search the whole of the land they have come in.
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And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they [are];
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and it cometh to pass -- the gate is to [be] shut -- in the dark , and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;'
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and she hath caused them to go up on the roof , and hideth them with the flax wood , which is arranged for her on the roof .
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And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan , by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.
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And -- before they lie down -- she hath gone up unto them on the roof ,
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and she saith unto the men, `I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land , and that your terror hath fallen upon us , and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.
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`For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt , and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan ; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted.
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And we hear , and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in [any] man , from your presence, for Jehovah your God , He [is] God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath .
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`And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah -- because I have done with you kindness -- that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father , and have given to me a true token ,
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and have kept alive my father , and my mother , and my brothers , and my sisters , and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.'
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And the men say to her, `Our soul for yours -- to die ; if ye declare not this our matter, then it hath been, in Jehovah's giving to us this land , that we have done with thee kindness and truth .'
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And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window , for her house [is] in the side of the wall , and in the wall she [is] dwelling ;
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and she saith to them, `To the mountain go , lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way .'
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And the men say unto her, `We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear :
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lo, we are coming into the land , this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down , and thy father , and thy mother , and thy brethren , and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house ;
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and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood [is] on his head , and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house , his blood [is] on our head , if a hand is on him;
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and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear .'
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And she saith , `According unto your words , so it [is];' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window .
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And they go, and come in to the mountain , and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back ; and the pursuers seek in all the way , and have not found .
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And the two men turn back , and come down from the hill , and pass over, and come in unto Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that hath come upon them;
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and they say unto Joshua , `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land ; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'