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Rahab hid the spies under flax
Rahab hid Joshua's two spies on her roof under stalks of flax and let them down by a rope through her window. Joshua 2:4–6Joshua 2:15–18
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"She had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof." She asked them to spare her family. Joshua 2:4–6Joshua 2:12–13
She let them down by a cord through the window and tied a scarlet cord there as the sign; her family was saved when Jericho fell. Hebrews names her among those who acted by faith. Joshua 2:15Joshua 2:18Joshua 6:25Hebrews 11:31
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Joshua 2:4–6 WEB
4The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from. 5About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.” 6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
Joshua 2:15–18 WEB
15Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall. 16She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.” 17The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear. 18Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
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Rahab hid two of Joshua's men on her roof under bundles of plants, then helped them escape with a rope.