Joshua 2 (NET)

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Joshua 2:1¹Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 11:31 Jas 2:25 Matt 1:5 Num 13:17-21 Num 25:1 Eph 5:5 Josh 3:1 Matt 10:16 Num 13:2 Josh 5:10

Joshua 2:2²The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 4:35 Isa 43:13 Prov 21:30 Ps 127:1

Joshua 2:3³So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: “Turn over the men who came to you —the ones who came to your house —for they have come to spy on the whole land!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 10:3 1 Chr 19:3 Acts 12:4 Acts 12:6 Gen 38:24 Gen 42:31 Gen 42:9-12 Job 21:30 John 19:4 Josh 10:23

Joshua 2:4⁴But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:19 2 Sam 17:19-20 2 Sam 16:18-19 Exod 1:19

Joshua 2:5⁵When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 47:1-2 Ezek 47:12 Isa 60:11 Jer 50:20 Neh 13:19 Rev 21:25 Josh 2:7 Rom 3:7-8

Joshua 2:6⁶(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 11:23 Jas 2:25 2 Sam 17:19 Col 3:3 1 Kgs 18:13 1 Kgs 18:4 2 Kgs 11:2 2 Sam 11:2 Deut 22:8 Exod 1:15-21

Joshua 2:7⁷Meanwhile, the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 3:28 Acts 5:23 Josh 2:5 Judg 12:5

Joshua 2:8⁸Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Joshua 2:9⁹She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 23:27 Deut 2:25 Exod 15:15-16 Gen 35:5 Josh 2:11 Eccl 8:12 Heb 11:1-2 Jer 27:5 Job 19:25 Ps 112:10

Joshua 2:10¹⁰For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 21:21-35 Deut 2:30-3:8 Exod 14:21-31 Exod 15:14-16 Num 23:22 Josh 4:24

Joshua 2:11¹¹When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 4:39 Josh 5:1 Isa 13:7 Josh 7:5 Dan 4:34-35 Dan 6:25-27 Jer 16:19-21 Zech 8:20-23 1 Kgs 8:60 Ps 102:15

Joshua 2:12¹²So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord ’s name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledgeCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 2:18 1 Sam 20:14-17 1 Sam 24:21-22 1 Sam 30:15 1 Tim 5:8 2 Chr 36:13 2 Tim 1:16-18 Esth 8:6 Exod 12:13 Ezek 9:4-6

Joshua 2:13¹³that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and will rescue us from death.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Joshua 2:14¹⁴The men said to her, “If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then we will show unswerving allegiance to you when the Lord hands the land over to us.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 1:24-25 Matt 5:7 Gen 24:49 Prov 18:24 1 Kgs 20:39 1 Sam 20:8 2 Sam 9:1 Josh 6:17 Josh 6:25 Num 10:29-32

Joshua 2:15¹⁵Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 9:25 2 Cor 11:33 1 Sam 19:12-17 Josh 6:20

Joshua 2:16¹⁶She told them, “Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:14 Jas 2:25 1 Sam 23:29 Josh 2:22 Ps 11:1

Joshua 2:17¹⁷The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 21:7 Num 30:2 2 Sam 21:1-2 Gen 24:3-8 Lev 19:11-12 Exod 20:7 Josh 2:20

Joshua 2:18¹⁸When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 6:23 Josh 2:21 Josh 2:12-13 Acts 10:33 Gen 19:12-17 Heb 9:19 Lev 14:4 2 Tim 1:16 Acts 10:27 Acts 11:14

Joshua 2:19¹⁹Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death—we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 27:31 1 Kgs 2:36-42 Acts 18:6 Exod 12:13 Exod 12:23 Ezek 33:4-5 1 John 2:27-28 1 Kgs 2:32 2 Sam 1:16 2 Sam 3:28-29

Joshua 2:20²⁰If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 11:13

Joshua 2:21²¹She said, “I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 2:18 John 2:5 Matt 7:24

Joshua 2:22²²They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 19:10-12 2 Sam 17:20 Ps 32:6-7

Joshua 2:23²³Then the two men returned—they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Joshua 2:24²⁴They told Joshua, “Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 23:31 Exod 15:15 Josh 1:8 Josh 2:9-11 Josh 21:44-45 Josh 5:1 Num 13:32-33 Prov 25:13 Ps 48:5-6 Rev 6:16-17