Joshua 2:8

8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof

Joshua 2:8 in Other Translations

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

8 Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof

8 Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them.

8 Before the spies were down for the night, the woman came up to them on the roof

8 Before the men fell asleep, she went up on the roof

Joshua 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:8

And before they were laid down
Under the stalks of the flax; or rather, since they are said to be hid in them, before they were fallen asleep, so Kimchi and Abarbinel:

she came up unto them upon the roof;
to acquaint them how things were, and to converse with them on the following subjects.

Joshua 2:8 In-Context

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

9 and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

10 We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 22:8; Judges 16:27; 2 Samuel 16:22; Nehemiah 8:16; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:1; Jeremiah 32:29