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Joshua 2

Joshua 2:6

Rahab Welcomes the Spies · Joshua 2:1–7
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Translations

Modern
(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
Traditional
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.
Literal
(And she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the flax stalks, which she had arranged on the roof.)
Latin
Ipsa autem fecit ascendere viros in solarium domus suæ, operuitque eos stipula lini, quæ ibi erat.

Original

Hebrew
English
(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

Notes

Joshua 2:6

The inner fibers of flax were processed to make linen. The first step involved laying out the flax stems to dry on the flat rooftop.

Joshua 2:1–24

  • Like any good military commander, Joshua sent out spies or scouts to get information about his objective.

  • Because Israel planned to approach Canaan from the east, they could not avoid Jericho.

Theme notes and profiles

Rahab Intermarriage and Divorce

Events

Parallels

Hebrews 11:30–31

Glossary

Agriculture Battlement Cloth and Cloth Manufacturing Conquest and Allotment of the Land Jericho Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Parapet Prostitute, Prostitution Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks of Jericho Falsehood: Rahab, in Denying That the Spies Were in Her House Flax in Palestine Harlot (Prostitute): Rahab Hospitality: Rahab to the Spies House: Architecture of Roofs, Flat Houses: The Flat Roofs of Used for Drying Flax Kindness: Rahab to the Spies Reconnoissance of Jericho