29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.(A)

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being encircled by the Israelites for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.(B)

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29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; the Egyptians, when they made the attempt[a], were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they[b] had been marched around for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she[c] welcomed the spies in peace.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:29 Literally “of which attempt making”
  2. Hebrews 11:30 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“had been marched around”)
  3. Hebrews 11:31 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“welcomed”) which is understood as causal