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Joshua 2:15

Joshua chapter 2 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.14And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

v.15This passage

v.16And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 6:20

    So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

  • Acts 9:25

    but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:33

    and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

  • 1 Samuel 19:12

    So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.