"Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house {was} upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall…" — Joshua 2:15

Joshua 2:15 · KJV

“Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house {was} upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.”

— Joshua 2:15

Verse 14

And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. {for...: Heb. instead of you to die}

Verse 16

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.

Joshua 2 — Context

And {that} ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house {was} upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

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.

And the men said unto her, We {will be} blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

Cross References

Acts 9:25

Then the disciples took him by night, and let {him} down by the wall in a basket.

2 Corinthians 11:33

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

1 Samuel 19:12-17

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Joshua 6:20

So the people shouted when {the priests} blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. {flat: Heb. under it}