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289 Rahab gets promise. Scarlet cord a sign JOSHUA 2:11–3:3
the Amor·ites who were on the
other side of the Jordan, namely,
Sihon a and Og, b whom YOU devoted
to destruction. c 11 When
we got to hear it, then our hearts
began to melt, d and no spirit has
arisen yet in anybody because of
YOU, e for Jehovah YOUR God is
God in the heavens above and
on the earth beneath. f 12 And
now, please, swear to me by Jehovah
g that, because I have exercised
loving-kindness toward
YOU, YOU also will certainly exercise
loving-kindness toward the
household of my father, h and YOU
must give me a trustworthy sign. i
13 And YOU must preserve alive
my father j and my mother and
my brothers and my sisters and
all who belong to them, and
YOU must deliver our souls from
death.” k
14 At that the men said to
her: “Our souls are to die instead
of YOU people! l If YOU will
not tell about this matter of ours,
it must also occur that when Jehovah
gives us the land, we
also shall certainly exercise
loving-kindness and trustworthiness
toward you.” m 15 After
that she had them descend by a
rope through the window, for her
house was on a side of the wall,
and it was on the wall that she
was dwelling. n 16 And she proceeded
to say to them: “Go to the
mountainous region, that those
in pursuit may not come in contact
with YOU;andYOU must keep
hid there three days, until those
in pursuit have come back, and
afterward YOU may go in YOUR
own direction.”
17 In turn the men said to her:
“We are free from guilt respecting
this oath of yours that you
CHAP. 2
a Nu 21:21
Nu 21:24
b Nu 21:34
De 3:3
Jos 9:10
Ps 135:11
c Le 27:29
d Jos 5:1
e Ex 15:15
f De 4:39
2Ch 20:6
Ps 83:18
Ps 135:6
Da 4:35
g De 10:20
h Es 8:6
i Ex 12:13
Jos 2:18
Jg 6:17
j Eph 6:2
k Jos 6:23
l Nu 30:2
Mt 5:33
m Jg 1:24
1Sa 30:15
Mt 10:41
n Heb 11:31
o Nu 30:2
Second Col.
a Jos 6:23
Es 8:6
b Nu 35:26
c Jos 2:14
d Ex 23:31
Jos 6:2
Jos 21:44
Ne 9:24
e Ex 15:15
Jos 2:9
Jos 2:11
Jos 5:1
CHAP. 3
f Nu 25:1
Jos 2:1
g Jos 1:11
h De 1:15
De 20:5
De 31:28
Jos 1:10
have made us swear. o 18 Look!
We are coming into the land.
This cord of scarlet thread you
should tie in the window by
which you have had us descend,
and your father and your mother
and your brothers and all
the household of your father you
should gather to yourself into
the house. a 19 Anditmustoccur
that anyone who goes out
of the doors of your house into
the open, b his blood will be upon
his own head, and we shall be
free from guilt; and everyone who
continues with you in the house,
his blood will be on our heads if
ahandshouldcomeuponhim.
20 And if you should report this
matter of ours, c we shall also
have become free from guilt
respecting this oath of yours
that you have made us swear.”
21 To this she said: “According
to YOUR words so let it be.”
With that she sent them off,
and they went their way. After
that she tied the scarlet
cord in the window. 22 So they
went and came to the mountainous
region and kept dwelling
there three days, until the pursuers
had come back. Now the
pursuers were looking for them
on every road, and they did not
find them. 23 And the two men
proceeded to descend again from
the mountainous region and to
cross over and come to Joshua
the son of Nun, and they began
to relate to him all the
things that had happened to
them. 24 And they went on to
say to Joshua: “Jehovah has given
all the land into our hand. d
Consequently all the inhabitants
of the land have also grown disheartened
because of us.” e
3
Then Joshua got up early in
the morning, and he and all
the sons of Israel proceeded to
pull away from Shittim f and to
come as far as the Jordan; and
they went spending the night
there before they would cross.
2 So it came about at the
end of the three days g that
the officers h proceeded to pass
through the midst of the camp
3 and to command the people,