Joshua 2:16
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And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
In other translations
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
Hebrew words
וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559לָהֶםlahemto <the> themהָהָרָהhaharahthe hill country towardsH2022לֵּכוּlekhugoH1980פֶּן־pen-lestH6435יִפְגְּעוּyifge'uthey should meetH6293בָכֶםvakhem<in> <the> youהָרֹדְפִיםharodefimthe pursuersH7291וְנַחְבֵּתֶםvenachbetemand you will hide yourselvesH2247שָׁמָּהshamahthere <towards>H8033שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshetthreeH7969יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117עַד'aduntilH5704שׁוֹבshovreturnH7725הָרֹדְפִיםharodefimthe pursuersH7291וְאַחַרve'acharand afterH310תֵּלְכוּtelekhuyou will goH1980לְדַרְכְּכֶם׃ledarkekhemto way yourH1870
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Related verses
- James 2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
- 1 Samuel 23:14And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
- Psalm 11:1In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Joshua 2:22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
- 1 Samuel 23:29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En–gedi.And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
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