But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
Joshua 2:15 - New International Version (Anglicised) So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the [town] wall so that she dwelt in the wall. American Standard Version (1901) Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Common English Bible So she lowered the spies on a rope through the window. Her house was on the outer side of the city wall, and she lived inside the wall. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, she sent them down from a window with a rope. For her house was joined to the wall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house joined close to the wall. |
But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.
‘Our lives for your lives!’ the men assured her. ‘If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.’
She said to them, ‘Go to the hills so that the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return, and then go on your way.’
When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.