Joshua Chapter 2

Joshua Chapter 2
1 Then Joshua the son of Nun sent out of
Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying,
Go, view the land, and also Jericho: and
they went, and came into an harlot’s
house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
2 Then report was made to the king of
Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men
hither tonight, of the children of Israel, to
spy out the country. 3 And the king of
Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring
forth the men that are come to thee, and
which are entered into thine house: for
they be come to search out all the land.
4 (But the woman had taken the two men,
and hid them) Therefore said she thus,
There came men unto me, but I wist not
whence they were.
5 And when they shut the gate in the
dark, the men went out, whither the men
went I wot not: follow ye after them
quickly, for ye shall overtake them. 6
(But she had brought them up to the roof
of the house, and hid them with the stalks
of flax, which she had spread abroad
upon the roof)
7 And certain 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. 8 And
before they were asleep, she came up
unto them upon the roof, 9 And said unto
the men, I know that the Lord hath given
you the land, and that the fear of you is
fallen upon us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land faint because of
you.
10 For we have heard, how the Lord
dried up the water of the Red Sea before
you, when you came out of Egypt, and
what you did unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were on the other side
Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye
utterly destroyed:
11 And when we heard it, our hearts did
faint, and there remained no more
courage in any because of you: for the
Lord your God, he is the God in heaven
above, and in earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear
unto me by the Lord; that as I have
showed you mercy, ye will also show
mercy unto my father’s house, and give
me a true token,
13 And that ye will save alive my father
and my mother, and my brethren, and my
sisters, and all that they have: and that ye
will deliver our souls from death.
14 And the men answered her, Our life
for you to die, if ye utter not this our
business: and when the Lord hath given
us the land, we will deal mercifully and
truly with thee.
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. 16 And she said unto them, Go
you into the mountain, lest the pursuers
meet with you, and hide yourselves there
three days, until the pursuers be
returned: then afterward may ye go your
way.
17 And the men said unto her, We will
be blameless of this thine oath, which
thou hast made us swear.
18 Behold, when we come into the land,
thou shalt bind this cord of red thread in
the window, whereby thou lettest us
down, and thou shalt bring thy father and
thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy
father’s household home to thee. 19 And
whosoever then doth go out at the doors
of thine house into the street, his blood
shall be upon his head, and we will be
guiltless: but whosoever shall be with
thee in the house, his blood shall be on
our head, if any hand touch him:
20 And if thou utter this our matter, we
will be quit of thine oath, which thou
hast made us swear.
21 And she answered, According unto
your words, so be it: then she sent them
away, and they departed, and she bound
the red cord in the window. 22 And they
departed, and came into the mountain,
and there abode three days, until the
pursuers were returned: and the pursuers
sought them throughout all the way, but
found them not.
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 came
unto them.
24 Also they said unto Joshua, Surely the
Lord hath delivered into our hands all
the land: for even all the inhabitants of
the country faint because of us.