Bible Cross References
Joshua
Joshua 6:17
The city and everything in it must be totally destroyed as an offering to the LORD. Only the prostitute Rahab and her household will be spared, because she hid our spies.
Joshua 2:1-24
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Then Joshua sent two spies from the camp at Acacia with orders to go and secretly explore the land of Canaan, especially the city of Jericho. When they came to the city, they went to spend the night in the house of a prostitute named Rahab.
2
The king of Jericho heard that some Israelites had come that night to spy out the country,
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so he sent word to Rahab: "The men in your house have come to spy out the whole country! Bring them out!"
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"Some men did come to my house," she answered, "but I don't know where they were from. They left at sundown before the city gate was closed. I didn't find out where they were going, but if you start after them quickly, you can catch them." (Now Rahab had taken the two spies up on the roof and hidden them under some stalks of flax that she had put there.)
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(SEE 2:4)
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(SEE 2:4)
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The king's men left the city, and then the gate was shut. They went looking for the Israelite spies as far as the place where the road crosses the Jordan.
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Before the spies settled down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
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and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land. Everyone in the country is terrified of you.
10
We have heard how the LORD dried up the Red Sea in front of you when you were leaving Egypt. We have also heard how you killed Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.
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We were afraid as soon as we heard about it; we have all lost our courage because of you. The LORD your God is God in heaven above and here on earth.
12
Now swear by him that you will treat my family as kindly as I have treated you, and give me some sign that I can trust you.
13
Promise me that you will save my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families! Don't let us be killed!"
14
The men said to her, "May God take our lives if we don't do as we say! If you do not tell anyone what we have been doing, we promise you that when the LORD gives us this land, we will treat you well."
15
Rahab lived in a house built into the city wall, so she let the men down from the window by a rope.
16
"Go into the hill country," she said, "or the king's men will find you. Hide there for three days until they come back. After that, you can go on your way."
17
The men said to her, "We will keep the promise that you have made us give.
18
This is what you must do. When we invade your land, tie this red cord to the window you let us down from. Get your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's family together in your house.
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If anyone goes out of the house, his death will be his own fault, and we will not be responsible; but if anyone in the house with you is harmed, then we will be responsible.
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However, if you tell anyone what we have been doing, then we will not have to keep our promise which you have made us give you."
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She agreed and sent them away. When they had gone, she tied the red cord to the window.
22
The spies went into the hills and hid. The king's men looked for them all over the countryside for three days, but they did not find them, so they returned to Jericho.
23
Then the two spies came down from the hills, crossed the river, and went back to Joshua. They told him everything that had happened,
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and then said, "We are sure that the LORD has given us the whole country. All the people there are terrified of us."
as ye sware unto her
Joshua 2:12-14
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Now swear by him that you will treat my family as kindly as I have treated you, and give me some sign that I can trust you.
13
Promise me that you will save my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families! Don't let us be killed!"
14
The men said to her, "May God take our lives if we don't do as we say! If you do not tell anyone what we have been doing, we promise you that when the LORD gives us this land, we will treat you well."
Joshua 2:17-20
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The men said to her, "We will keep the promise that you have made us give.
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This is what you must do. When we invade your land, tie this red cord to the window you let us down from. Get your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's family together in your house.
19
If anyone goes out of the house, his death will be his own fault, and we will not be responsible; but if anyone in the house with you is harmed, then we will be responsible.
20
However, if you tell anyone what we have been doing, then we will not have to keep our promise which you have made us give you."
Joshua 9:15
Joshua made a treaty of friendship with the people of Gibeon and allowed them to live. The leaders of the community of Israel gave their solemn promise to keep the treaty.
Joshua 9:18-20
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But the Israelites could not kill them, because their leaders had made a solemn promise to them in the name of the LORD, Israel's God. All the people complained to the leaders about this,
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but they answered, "We have made our solemn promise to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. Now we cannot harm them.
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We must let them live because of our promise; if we don't, God will punish us.
2 Samuel 21:2
(The people of Gibeon were not Israelites; they were a small group of Amorites whom the Israelites had promised to protect, but Saul had tried to destroy them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)
2 Samuel 21:7
But because of the sacred promise that he and Jonathan had made to each other, David spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul.
Psalm 15:4
They despise those whom God rejects, but honor those who obey the LORD. They always do what they promise, no matter how much it may cost.
Ezekiel 17:13
He took one of the king's family, made a treaty with him, and made him swear to be loyal. He took important men as hostages
Ezekiel 17:16
"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign LORD, "this king will die in Babylonia because he broke his oath and the treaty he had made with the king of Babylonia, who put him on the throne.
Ezekiel 17:18
He broke his oath and the treaty he had made. He did all these things, and now he will not escape."
Ezekiel 17:19
The Sovereign LORD says, "As surely as I am the living God, I will punish him for breaking the treaty which he swore in my name to keep.
Hebrews 11:31
It was faith that kept the prostitute Rahab from being killed with those who disobeyed God, for she gave the Israelite spies a friendly welcome.