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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 2 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/joshua/2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/joshua/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Joshua 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/1.htm" title="Joshua 1">◄</a> Joshua 2 <a href="../joshua/3.htm" title="Joshua 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: ‘Go view the land, and Jericho.’ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And it was told the king of Jericho, saying: ‘Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said: ‘Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not; pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords; and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, the gate was shut. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and she said unto the men: ‘I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father’s house—and give me a true token— <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the men said unto her: ‘Our life for yours, if ye tell not this our business; and it shall be, when the LORD giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And she said unto them: ‘Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the men said unto her: ‘We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by; and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And she said: ‘According unto your words, so be it.’ And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned; and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And they said unto Joshua: ‘Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; 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