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Joshua Chapter 2

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Joshua

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Joshua’s second chapter records the Israelites’ arrival at Gilgal where they set up a stone as a witness to their obedience to God’s commandments. The chapter emphasizes the importance of keeping the covenant and the fear of the Lord as a sign of their commitment.

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(1) And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
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Numbers 25:1Numbers 33:49Numbers 13:2Numbers 13:17Numbers 13:18Numbers 13:19Numbers 13:20Numbers 13:21Judges 18:2Judges 18:14Judges 18:17Matthew 10:16

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Joshua 6:25Joshua 3:1Joshua 4:8Joshua 8:9Joshua 5:13Joshua 7:2

(2) 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 country.
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Psalms 127:1Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 43:13Daniel 4:35

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Judges 16:2Joshua 2:3Joshua 16:1

(3) And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
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Joshua 10:23Genesis 38:24Leviticus 24:14Job 21:30John 19:4Acts 12:4Acts 12:6Genesis 42:9Genesis 42:10Genesis 42:11Genesis 42:12Genesis 42:31

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Joshua 2:2Joshua 16:1

(4) And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
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Exodus 1:19II Samuel 16:18II Samuel 16:19II Samuel 17:19II Samuel 17:20II Kings 6:19

(5) And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
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Joshua 2:7Nehemiah 13:19Isaiah 60:11Ezekiel 47:1Ezekiel 47:2Ezekiel 47:12Revelation 21:25Jeremiah 50:20Romans 3:7Romans 3:8

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2I Samuel 30:8Ezekiel 40:6

(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.
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Joshua 2:8Exodus 1:15Exodus 1:16Exodus 1:17Exodus 1:18Exodus 1:19Exodus 1:20Exodus 1:21Deuteronomy 22:8II Samuel 11:2Matthew 24:17Exodus 2:2

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II Samuel 11:2Ezekiel 40:13Genesis 22:9Joshua 2:8

(7) And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
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Judges 3:28Judges 12:5Joshua 2:5Acts 5:23

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Ezekiel 46:2Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 44:2Ezekiel 46:12

(8) And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
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Joshua 2:6

(9) 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 faint because of you.
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Exodus 18:11II Kings 5:15Job 19:25Ecclesiastes 8:12Hebrews 11:1Hebrews 11:2Genesis 13:14Genesis 13:15Genesis 13:16Genesis 13:17Genesis 15:18Genesis 15:19

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33

(10) For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
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Joshua 4:24Exodus 14:21Exodus 14:22Exodus 14:23Exodus 14:24Exodus 14:25Exodus 14:26Exodus 14:27Exodus 14:28Exodus 14:29Exodus 14:30Exodus 14:31

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Deuteronomy 3:6Deuteronomy 4:26Deuteronomy 31:4Joshua 4:23Joshua 5:1Joshua 9:10

(11) And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
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Joshua 5:1Joshua 7:5Joshua 14:8Deuteronomy 1:28Deuteronomy 20:8Isaiah 13:7Nahum 2:10Revelation 6:16Deuteronomy 4:39I Kings 8:60Psalms 83:18Psalms 102:15

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Deuteronomy 5:8Nehemiah 12:39John 3:31

(12) Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
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Joshua 9:15Joshua 9:18Joshua 9:19Joshua 9:20I Samuel 20:14I Samuel 20:15I Samuel 20:17I Samuel 30:15II Chronicles 36:13Jeremiah 12:16I Samuel 20:16I Samuel 24:21

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II Samuel 10:2I Chronicles 19:2II Samuel 2:6Genesis 20:13II Samuel 9:7Judges 8:35

(13) And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
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Luke 12:53II Samuel 19:5Psalms 37:40

(14) And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
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I Kings 20:39Joshua 6:17Joshua 6:25Genesis 24:49Numbers 10:29Numbers 10:30Numbers 10:31Numbers 10:32Judges 1:24Judges 1:25I Samuel 20:8II Samuel 9:1

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Genesis 24:49Genesis 47:29

(15) 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.
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I Samuel 19:12I Samuel 19:13I Samuel 19:14I Samuel 19:15I Samuel 19:16I Samuel 19:17Acts 9:25II Corinthians 11:33Joshua 6:20

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II Chronicles 26:6Numbers 22:24Numbers 22:25I Samuel 19:10II Samuel 11:21I Kings 6:27

(16) And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
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Joshua 2:22I Samuel 23:14I Samuel 23:29Psalms 11:1

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Joshua 2:22Joshua 6:18Zechariah 8:3I Samuel 23:26Isaiah 8:9

(17) And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
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Joshua 2:20Genesis 24:3Genesis 24:4Genesis 24:5Genesis 24:6Genesis 24:7Genesis 24:8Exodus 20:7Leviticus 19:11Leviticus 19:12Numbers 30:2II Samuel 21:1

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I Kings 8:31II Chronicles 6:22

(18) 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 bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
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Joshua 2:21Leviticus 14:4Numbers 4:8Numbers 19:6Hebrews 9:19Joshua 2:13Joshua 6:23Genesis 7:1Genesis 12:2Genesis 19:12Genesis 19:13Genesis 19:14

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Luke 12:53Isaiah 28:10Isaiah 28:13Joshua 2:21I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 57:9

(19) 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.
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Exodus 12:13Exodus 12:23Numbers 35:26Numbers 35:27Numbers 35:28I Kings 2:36I Kings 2:37I Kings 2:38I Kings 2:39I Kings 2:40I Kings 2:41I Kings 2:42

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Matthew 5:22Exodus 30:33Numbers 31:19Matthew 5:19Matthew 5:32Matthew 12:32

(20) And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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Proverbs 11:13

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I Kings 8:31II Chronicles 6:22

(21) 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.
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Joshua 2:18Matthew 7:24John 2:5

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Isaiah 28:10Isaiah 28:13Joshua 2:18

(22) 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.
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I Samuel 19:10I Samuel 19:11I Samuel 19:12II Samuel 17:20Psalms 32:6Psalms 32:7

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Joshua 2:16Daniel 4:36Zechariah 8:3I Samuel 23:14

(23) So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
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I Samuel 9:4Zechariah 8:3Joshua 4:10Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23Joshua 18:16

(24) And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
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Joshua 1:8Joshua 21:44Joshua 21:45Exodus 23:31Numbers 13:32Numbers 13:33Proverbs 25:13Joshua 2:9Joshua 2:10Joshua 2:11Psalms 48:5Psalms 48:6

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Judges 11:21Joshua 12:7

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