Joshua 2:6

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But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

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Hebrew words

וְהִיאvehi'and sheH1931הֶעֱלָתַםhe'elatamshe had taken up themH5927הַגָּגָהhagagahthe roof towardsH1406וַתִּטְמְנֵםvatitmenemand she had hidden themH2934בְּפִשְׁתֵּיbefishteiamong [the] flax<es> ofH6593הָעֵץha'etzthe treeH6086הָעֲרֻכוֹתha'arukhotthat had been arrangedH6186לָהּlahby <the> herעַל־'al-onH5921הַגָּג׃hagagthe roofH1406

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Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
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For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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