"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 …" — Joshua 2:6

Joshua 2:6 · KJV

“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.”

— Joshua 2:6

Verse 5

And it came to pass {about the time} of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Verse 7

And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

Joshua 2 — Context

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they {were}:

And it came to pass {about the time} of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

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.

And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

Cross References

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.

James 2:25

Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent {them} out another way?

Colossians 3:3

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

2 Samuel 17:19

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

2 Kings 11:2

But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons {which were} slain; and they hid him, {even} him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. {Jehosheba: also called, Jehoshabeath} {Joash: also called, Jehoash}

Exodus 2:2

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he {was a} goodly {child}, she hid him three months.

Matthew 24:17

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

1 Kings 18:13

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?