◄ Joshua 2:4 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
But the woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they came from.

New American Bible
The woman had taken the two men and hidden them, so she said, “True, the men you speak of came to me, but I did not know where they came from.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:

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And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:

Exodus 1:19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

2 Samuel 16:18,19 And Chusai answered Absalom: Nay: for I will be his, whom the Lord hath chosen, and all this people, and all Israel, and with him will I abide. . . .

2 Samuel 17:19,20 And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known. . . .

2 Kings 6:19 And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria.

Context
Rahab Welcomes the Spies
…3And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land. 4And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:5And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.…
Cross References
James 2:25
And in like manner also Rahab the harlot, was not she justified by works, receiving the messengers and sending them out another way?

Joshua 2:3
And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land.

Joshua 2:5
And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.

2 Samuel 17:19
And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known.

Joshua 2:3
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