Joshua 1:15   (Read all of Joshua 1)

until the Lord gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."

Joshua 1:16   (Read all of Joshua 1)

Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Joshua 1:17   (Read all of Joshua 1)

Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

Joshua 1:18   (Read all of Joshua 1)

Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"

Joshua 2:1   (Read all of Joshua 2)

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Joshua 2:2   (Read all of Joshua 2)

The king of Jericho was told, "Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."

Joshua 2:3   (Read all of Joshua 2)

So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land."

Joshua 2:4   (Read all of Joshua 2)

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:6   (Read all of Joshua 2)

(But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.)

Joshua 2:7   (Read all of Joshua 2)

So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

Joshua 2:8   (Read all of Joshua 2)

Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof

Joshua 2:9   (Read all of Joshua 2)

and said to them, "I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

Joshua 2:10   (Read all of Joshua 2)

We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.

Joshua 2:12   (Read all of Joshua 2)

"Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

Joshua 2:13   (Read all of Joshua 2)

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them-and that you will save us from death."

Joshua 2:15   (Read all of Joshua 2)

So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.

Joshua 2:16   (Read all of Joshua 2)

She said to them, "Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way."

Joshua 2:17   (Read all of Joshua 2)

Now the men had said to her, "This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us

Joshua 2:18   (Read all of Joshua 2)

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.

Joshua 2:19   (Read all of Joshua 2)

If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them.

Joshua 2:20   (Read all of Joshua 2)

But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear."

Joshua 2:21   (Read all of Joshua 2)

"Agreed," she replied. "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Joshua 2:22   (Read all of Joshua 2)

When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them.

Joshua 2:23   (Read all of Joshua 2)

Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them.