Joshua 2:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ (Rahab said those things, but really, she had taken the men up to the roof, [2] and she was hiding them in the hay [3] she had piled up there.)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order there.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

Common English Bible

⁶ But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the flax stalks that she had laid out on the roof.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But she caused the men to ascend to the roof of her house, and she covered them with the stalks of flax that were there.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

In the evening, he got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of the king’s house. While David was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.

2 Samuel 17:19

The man’s wife spread a sheet over the well. Then she covered the well with grain. {The well looked like a pile of grain,} so no person could know {that Jonathan and Ahimaaz were hiding there}.

1 Kings 18:13

You heard what I did! Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets, and I hid 100 prophets in caves. I put 50 prophets in one cave and 50 prophets in another cave. I brought them food and water.

1 Kings 18:4

One time Jezebel was killing all the Lord’s prophets. So Obadiah took 100 prophets and hid them in two caves. Obadiah put 50 prophets in one cave and 50 prophets in another cave. Then Obadiah brought them food and water.)

2 Kings 11:2

Jehosheba was King Joram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s sister. Joash was one of the king’s sons. Jehosheba took Joash while the other children were being killed. Jehosheba hid Joash. She put Joash and his nurse in her bedroom. So Jehosheba and the nurse hid Joash from Athaliah. That way Joash was not killed.

Exodus 2:2

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. The mother saw how beautiful the baby was, and she hid him for three months.

Jeremiah 36:26

And King Jehoiakim commanded some men to arrest Baruch the scribe {\cf2\super [314]} and Jeremiah the prophet. Those men were Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel. But those men could not find Baruch and Jeremiah, because the Lord had hidden them.

Matthew 24:17

People should run away without wasting the time to stop for anything. If a person is on the roof of his house, he must not go down to get things out of his house.

Deuteronomy 22:8

“When you build a new house, you must build a wall around your roof. [131] Then you will not be guilty for the death of a person that falls from the house.

Colossians 3:3

Your old sinful self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.

Hebrews 11:23

And the mother and father of Moses hid Moses for three months after he was born. They did this because they had faith. They saw that Moses was a beautiful baby. And they were not afraid to disobey the king’s (Pharaoh’s) order.

James 2:25

Another example is Rahab. Rahab was a prostitute. {\cf2\super [16]} But she was made right with God by something she did: She helped the spies \{for God’s people\}. She welcomed them into her home and helped them escape by a different road. {\cf2\super [17]}

Joshua 2:5

In the evening, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. I don’t know where they went. But if you go quickly, maybe you can catch them.”

Joshua 2:7

So the king’s men went out of the city, and the people closed the city gates. The king’s men went to look for the two men from Israel. They went to the Jordan River and looked at all the places where people cross the river.

Joshua 2:8

The two men were ready to sleep for the night. But Rahab went to the roof and talked to them.

Joshua 6:25

Joshua saved Rahab the prostitute, her family, and all the other people that were with her. Joshua let them live because Rahab helped the spies that Joshua had sent out to Jericho. Rahab still lives among the people of Israel today.