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Joshua 2:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household. "

Joshua 2:18

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16 She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”

17 The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.

18 Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.

19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.

20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”

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Joshua 2:1

"Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there."

Joshua 2:2

"The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”"

Joshua 2:3

"Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”"

Joshua 2:4

"The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from."

Joshua 2:5

"About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”"

Joshua 2:6

"But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof."

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