<vn='1'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5126">Nun</s><sn="7971">sent</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="7851">Shittim</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s> to <sn="7270">spy</s><sn="2791">secretly</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s><sn="7200">view</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>, even <sn="3405">Jericho</s>. And they <sn="1980">went</s>, and came <sn="935">into</s> a <sn="802 2181">harlot</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="8034">named</s><sn="7343">Rahab</s>, and <sn="7901">lodged</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And it was <sn="559">told</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3405">Jericho</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, there <sn="935">came</s><sn="376">men</s> in <sn="2008">hither</s><sn="3915">tonight</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to search <sn="2658">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3405">Jericho</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7343">Rahab</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Bring <sn="3318">forth</s> the <sn="376">men</s> that are <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> thee, <sn="834">which</s> are <sn="935">entered</s> into thine <sn="1004">house</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they be <sn="935">come</s> to search <sn="2658">out</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s>, and <sn="6845">hid</s> them, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="3651">thus</s>, There <sn="935">came</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, but I <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="4480 370">whence</s><sn="1992">they</s> were: </v>
<vn='5'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> about the time of <sn="5462">shutting</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s>, when it was <sn="2822">dark</s>, that the <sn="376">men</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>: <sn="575">whither</s> the <sn="376">men</s><sn="1980">went</s> I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s>: <sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s> them <sn="4118">quickly</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> ye shall <sn="5381">overtake</s> them. </v>
<vn='6'>But <sn="1931">she</s> had brought them <sn="5927">up</s> to the <sn="1406">roof</s> of the house, and <sn="2934">hid</s> them with the <sn="6086">stalks</s> of <sn="6593">flax</s>, which she had laid in <sn="6186">order</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1406">roof</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="376">men</s><sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> them the <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="4569">fords</s>: and as soon <sn="310 834">as</s> they which <sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> them were gone <sn="3318">out</s>, they <sn="5462">shut</s> the <sn="8179">gate</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="2962">before</s><sn="1992">they</s> were laid <sn="7901">down</s>, <sn="1931">she</s> came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">unto</s> them <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1406">roof</s>; </v>
<vn='9'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">men</s>, I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> you <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="3588">that</s> your <sn="367">terror</s> is <sn="5307">fallen</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us, and <sn="3588">that</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="4127">faint</s> because <sn="4480 6440">of</s> you. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s> we have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">how</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> dried <sn="3001">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4325">water</s> of the <sn="5488">Red</s><sn="3220">sea</s><sn="4480 6440">for</s> you, when ye came <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>; and <sn="834">what</s> ye <sn="6213">did</s> unto the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were on the other <sn="5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, <sn="5511">Sihon</s> and <sn="5747">Og</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> ye utterly <sn="2763 *853">destroyed</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And as soon as we had <sn="8085">heard</s> these things, our <sn="3824">hearts</s> did <sn="4549">melt</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> did there <sn="6965">remain</s> any <sn="5750">more</s><sn="7307">courage</s> in any <sn="376">man</s> because <sn="4480 6440">of</s> you: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="430">God</s> in <sn="8064">heaven</s><sn="4480 4605">above</s>, and <sn="5921">in</s><sn="776">earth</s><sn="4480 8478">beneath</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, I <sn="4994">pray</s> you, <sn="7650">swear</s> unto me by the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">since</s> I have showed you <sn="6213 5973 2617">kindness</s>, that <sn="859">ye</s> will <sn="1571">also</s><sn="6213">show</s><sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="5973">unto</s> my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> me a <sn="571">true</s><sn="226">token</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>And that ye will save <sn="2421">alive</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1">father</s>, and my <sn="517">mother</s>, and my <sn="251">brethren</s>, and my <sn="269">sisters</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> they have, and <sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="5315">lives</s> from <sn="4480 4194">death</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="376">men</s><sn="559">answered</s> her, Our <sn="5315">life</s><sn="8478">for</s> yours, <sn="518">if</s> ye <sn="5046">utter</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s> our <sn="1697">business</s>. And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, when the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> us <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>, that we will <sn="6213">deal</s><sn="2617">kindly</s> and <sn="571">truly</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='15'>Then she let them <sn="3381">down</s> by a <sn="2256">cord</s><sn="1157">through</s> the <sn="2474">window</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> her <sn="1004">house</s> was upon the <sn="2346">town</s><sn="7023">wall</s>, and <sn="1931">she</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> upon the <sn="2346">wall</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And she <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="1980">Get</s> you to the <sn="2022">mountain</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> the <sn="7291">pursuers</s><sn="6293">meet</s> you; and hide <sn="2247">yourselves</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="7291">pursuers</s> be <sn="7725">returned</s>: and <sn="310">afterward</s> may ye <sn="1980">go</s> your <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="376">men</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="587">We</s> will be <sn="5355">blameless</s> of this thine <sn="4480 7621 2088">oath</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast made us <sn="7650">swear</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, when <sn="587">we</s><sn="935">come</s> into the <sn="776">land</s>, thou shalt <sn="7194">bind</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="8615">line</s> of <sn="8144">scarlet</s><sn="2339">thread</s> in the <sn="2474">window</s><sn="834">which</s> thou didst let us <sn="3381">down</s> by: and thou shalt <sn="622">bring</s> thy <sn="1">father</s>, and thy <sn="517">mother</s>, and thy <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">household</s>, <sn="1004">home</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. </v>
<vn='19'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that <sn="3605 834">whosoever</s> shall go <sn="3318">out</s> of the <sn="4480 1817">doors</s> of thy <sn="1004">house</s> into the <sn="2351">street</s>, his <sn="1818">blood</s> shall be upon his <sn="7218">head</s>, and <sn="587">we</s> will be <sn="5355">guiltless</s>: and <sn="3605 834">whosoever</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="854">with</s> thee in the <sn="1004">house</s>, his <sn="1818">blood</s> shall be on our <sn="7218">head</s>, <sn="518">if</s> any <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="1961">be</s> upon him. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="518">if</s> thou <sn="5046">utter</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s> our <sn="1697">business</s>, then we will <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5355">quit</s> of thine <sn="4480 7621">oath</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast made us to <sn="7650">swear</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And she <sn="559">said</s>, According unto your <sn="1697">words</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> be <sn="1931">it</s>. And she sent them <sn="7971">away</s>, and they <sn="1980">departed</s>: and she <sn="7194">bound</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8144">scarlet</s><sn="8615">line</s> in the <sn="2474">window</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And they <sn="1980">went</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> unto the <sn="2022">mountain</s>, and <sn="3427">abode</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="7291">pursuers</s> were <sn="7725">returned</s>: and the <sn="7291">pursuers</s><sn="1245">sought</s> them throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>, but <sn="4672">found</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>So the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="3381">descended</s> from the <sn="4480 2022">mountain</s>, and passed <sn="5674">over</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5126">Nun</s>, and <sn="5608">told</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> things that <sn="4672">befell</s> them: </v>
<vn='24'>And they <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, <sn="3588">Truly</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> into our <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s>; for <sn="1571">even</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">country</s> do <sn="4127">faint</s> because <sn="4480 6440">of</s> us. </v>