Dual Panel1Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126> sent <07971> two <08147> spies out <07270> from <04480> Shittim <07851> secretly <02791> and instructed <0559> them: “Find out <07200> what you can about the land <0776>, especially Jericho <03405>.” They stopped <0935> at the house <01004> of a prostitute <02181> named <08034> Rahab <07343> and spent the night <07901> there <08033>.
2The king <04428> of Jericho <03405> received this report <0559>: “Note well! Israelite <03478> <01121> men <0582> have come <0935> here <02008> tonight <03915> to spy <02658> on the land <0776>.”
3So the king <04428> of Jericho <03405> sent <07971> this order to <0413> Rahab <07343>: “Turn over <03318> the men <0376> who came <0935> to <0413> you– the ones who came <0935> to your house <01004>– for <03588> they have come <0935> to spy <02658> on the whole <03605> land <0776>!”
4But the woman <0802> hid <06845> the two <08147> men <0376> and replied <0559>, “Yes <03651>, these men <0376> were clients of mine <0413> <0935>, but I didn’t <03808> know <03045> where <0370> they <01992> came from.
5When it was <01961> time to shut <05462> the city gate <08179> for the night <02822>, the men <0376> left <03318>. I don’t <03808> know <03045> where <0575> they were heading <01980>. Chase <07291> after <0310> them <0376> quickly <04118>, for <03588> you have time to catch <05381> them!”
6(Now she <01931> had taken <05927> them up <05927> to the roof <01406> and had hidden <02934> them in the stalks <06086> of flax <06593> she had spread out <06186> on <05921> the roof <01406>.)
7Meanwhile the king’s men <0376> tried to find <07291> them on the road <01870> to the Jordan River <03383> near <05921> the fords <04569>. The city gate <08179> was shut <05462> as soon as <0834> they set out <03318> in pursuit <07291> of <0310> them.
8Now before <02962> the spies <01992> went to sleep <07901>, Rahab <01931> went up <05927> to <05921> the roof <01406>.
9She said <0559> to <0413> the men <0376>, “I know <03045> the Lord <03068> is handing <05414> this land <0776> over to you. We are absolutely terrified <0367> <05307> of you, and all <03605> who live <03427> in the land <0776> are cringing <04127> before <06440> you.
10For <03588> we heard <08085> how <0834> the Lord <03068> dried up <03001> the water <04325> of the Red <05488> Sea <03220> before <06440> you when you left <03318> Egypt <04714> and how <0834> you annihilated <02763> the two <08147> Amorite <0567> kings <04428>, Sihon <05511> and Og <05747>, on the other side <05676> of the Jordan <03383>.
11When we heard <08085> the news we lost <03824> <04549> our courage <03824> <04549> and no <03808> one <0376> could even breathe <07307> for fear of you. For <03588> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> is God <0430> in heaven <08064> above <04605> and on <05921> earth <0776> below <08478>!
12So now <06258>, promise me this with an oath sworn <07650> in the Lord’s <03068> name. Because <03588> I have shown <06213> allegiance <02617> to <05973> you <0859>, show <06213> allegiance <02617> to <05973> my family <01> <01004>. Give <05414> me a solemn <0571> pledge <0226>
13that you will spare the lives <02421> of my father <01>, mother <0517>, brothers <0251>, sisters <0269>, and all <03605> who <0834> belong to them, and rescue <05337> us <05315> from death <04194>.”
14The men <0376> said <0559> to her, “If you die, may we die <04191> too <08478>! If <0518> you do not <03808> report <05046> what <01697> we’ve been up to, then, when <01961> the Lord <03068> hands <05414> the land <0776> over <05414> to <05973> us, we will show <06213> unswerving <0571> allegiance <02617> to you.”
15Then Rahab let them down <03381> by a rope <02256> through <01157> the window <02474>. (Her house <01004> was built as part of the city <07023> wall <02346>; she <01931> lived <03427> in the wall <02346>.)
16She told <0559> them, “Head <01980> to the hill country <02022>, so <06435> the ones chasing <07291> you don’t find <06293> you. Hide <02247> from them there <08033> for three <07969> days <03117>, long enough <05704> for those chasing <07291> you to return <07725>. Then you can be on your way <01870>.”
17The men <0376> said <0559> to <0413> her, “We <0587> are not bound <05355> by this <02088> oath <07621> you made us swear <07650> unless the following conditions are met:
18When we <0587> invade <0935> the land <0776>, tie <07194> this <02088> red <08144> rope <02339> <08615> in the window <02474> through which <0834> you let us down <03381>, and gather together <0622> in <0413> your house <01004> your father <01>, mother <0517>, brothers <0251>, and all <03605> who live in your father’s <01> house <01004>.
19Anyone <03605> who <0834> leaves <01817> <03318> your house <01004> will be <01961> responsible <07218> for his own death <01818>– we <0587> are innocent <05355> in that case! But if <0518> anyone <03605> with <0854> you in the house <01004> is harmed <01818>, we will be responsible <07218>.
20If <0518> you should report <05046> what we’ve been up to, we are not bound <05355> by this oath <07621> you made us swear <07650>.”
21She said <0559>, “I agree <03651> to these conditions <01697>.” She sent <07971> them on their way <01980> and then tied <07194> the red <08144> rope <08615> in the window <02474>.
22They went <0935> <01980> to the hill country <02022> and stayed <03427> there <08033> for three <07969> days <03117>, long enough <05704> for those chasing <07291> them to return <07725>. Their pursuers <07291> looked <01245> all <03605> along the way <01870> but did not <03808> find <04672> them.
23Then the two <08147> men <0376> returned <07725>– they came down <03381> from the hills <02022>, crossed <05674> the river, came <0935> to <0413> Joshua <03091> son <01121> of Nun <05126>, and reported <05608> to him all <03605> they had discovered <04672>.
24They told <0559> Joshua <03091>, “Surely <03588> the Lord <03068> is handing over <03027> <05414> all <03605> the land <0776> to us! All <03605> who live <03427> in the land <0776> are cringing <04127> before <06440> us!”