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She had really taken them up on the roof and hidden them under stalks of flax[a] that she had laid out on the roof. The men set out after them on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan. The gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out after them.

Before they went to sleep, she came up on the roof

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:6 Stalks of flax: because of its height (3–4 ft.), it made an excellent hiding place when stacked on the rooftop to dry in preparation for making linen cloth.