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Joshua 2:21 — Meaning and Application
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" 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. "
Joshua 2:21
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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
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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.
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
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
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Joshua 2:1
"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"
Joshua 2:2
"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."
Joshua 2:3
"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."
Joshua 2:4
"And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence"
Joshua 2:5
"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"
Joshua 2:6
"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."
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