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Joshua 2:15

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.

KJV

Demisit ergo eos per funem de fenestra : domus enim ejus hærebat muro.

Vulgate

καὶ κατεχάλασεν αὐτοὺς διὰ τῆς θυρίδος·

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תּוֹרִדֵ֥/ם בַּ/חֶ֖בֶל בְּעַ֣ד הַֽ/חַלּ֑וֹן כִּ֤י בֵיתָ/הּ֙ בְּ/קִ֣יר הַֽ/חוֹמָ֔ה וּ/בַֽ/חוֹמָ֖ה הִ֥יא יוֹשָֽׁבֶת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חֶ֣בֶל
chbl
noun · 61×
חַלּ֑וֹן
chlvn
noun · 32×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
קִּ֑יר
qyr
noun · 74×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 19:12 — So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
  • 2Cor 11:33 — And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
  • Acts 9:25 — Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
  • Acts 9:25 — Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
  • Jas 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?