Joshua 2:6

New Century Version

(The woman had taken the men up to the roof and had hidden them there under stalks of flax that she had spread out.)

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. While he was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful.

2 Samuel 17:19

The man’s wife spread a sheet over the opening of the well and covered it with grain. No one could tell that anyone was hiding there.

1 Kings 18:13

Haven’t you been told what I did? When Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets, I hid a hundred of them, fifty in one cave and fifty in another. I brought them food and water.

1 Kings 18:4

When Jezebel was killing all the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah hid a hundred of them in two caves, fifty in one cave and fifty in another. He also brought them food and water.)

2 Kings 11:2

But Jehosheba, King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s sister, took Joash, Ahaziah’s son. She stole him from among the other sons of the king who were about to be murdered. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, so he was not killed.

Exodus 2:2

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw how wonderful the baby was, she hid him for three months.

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead, the king ordered Jerahmeel son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them.

Matthew 24:17

If people are on the roofs of their houses, they must not go down to get anything out of their houses.

Deuteronomy 22:8

When you build a new house, build a low wall around the edge of the roof so you will not be guilty if someone falls off the roof.

Colossians 3:3

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

Hebrews 11:23

It was by faith that Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born. They saw that Moses was a beautiful baby, and they were not afraid to disobey the king’s order.

James 2:25

Another example is Rahab, a prostitute, who was made right with God by something she did. She welcomed the spies into her home and helped them escape by a different road.

Joshua 2:5

In the evening, when it was time to close the city gate, they 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 looking for the spies on the road that leads to the crossings of the Jordan River. The city gate was closed just after the king’s men left the city.

Joshua 2:8

Before the spies went to sleep for the night, Rahab went up to the roof.

Joshua 6:25

Joshua saved Rahab the prostitute, her family, and all who were with her, because Rahab had helped the men he had sent to spy out Jericho. Rahab still lives among the Israelites today.