Joshua 2:6

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

Joshua 2:6 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
6 But she had brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax that she had laid in order on the roof.
NLT
6 (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out.)
MSG
6 (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.)
CSB
6 But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had arranged on the roof.

Joshua 2:6 In-Context

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)
7 So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.
8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof

Cross References 2

  • 1. Judges 15:14; Proverbs 31:13; Isaiah 19:9; James 2:25
  • 2. S Exodus 1:17,19; Joshua 6:25; 2 Samuel 17:19
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