And when they shut the gate in the dark, the men went out, whither the men went, I wot not: follow ye after them quickly, for ye shall overtake them.

(But she had brought them up to the [a]roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread abroad upon the roof.)

And certain men pursued after them, the way to Jordan, unto the fords, and as soon as they which pursued after them, were gone out, they shut the gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:6 Meaning, upon the house: for then their houses were flat above, so that they might do their business thereupon.

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