Joshua 2:4 - The Message4-7 The woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, two men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they’d come from. At dark, when the gate was about to be shut, the men left. But I have no idea where they went. Hurry up! Chase them—you can still catch them!” (She had actually taken them up on the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax that were spread out for her on the roof.) So the men gave chase down the Jordan road toward the fords. As soon as they were gone, the gate was shut. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17694 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, Yes, two men came to me, but I did not know from where they had come. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were: Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. Then she said, “Of course the men came to me. But I didn’t know where they were from. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version4 And the woman, taking the men, hid them. And she said: "I admit that they came to me, but I did not know where they were from. Ver Capítulo |
The same with Rahab, the Jericho harlot. Wasn’t her action in hiding God’s spies and helping them escape—that seamless unity of believing and doing—what counted with God? The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse.