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Joshua 2:6
But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.
Joshua 2:6 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Joshua 2:6 in other translations
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.
(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
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In context
3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land.
4 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:
5 And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.
6 But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.
7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.
8 The men that were hid were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:
9 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.
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