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But [in fact] she had brought the scouts up to the roof and had hidden them under the [a]stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof [to dry]. So the [king’s] men pursued them on the road to the Jordan as far as the [b]fords [east of Jericho]; as soon as the pursuers had gone out after them, the gate [of the city] was shut.

Now before the two men lay down [to sleep], Rahab came up to them on the roof,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:6 Flax was used to make linen and the flat rooftop of a house was a convenient place to lay the stalks in the sun to dry.
  2. Joshua 2:7 I.e. narrow or shallow places where the river could be crossed by wading.

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