Joshua 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 2:15

Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Upon the town wall - The town wall probably formed the back wall of the house, and the window opened therefore into the country. (Compare Paul’s escape, 2Co 11:33).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתּוֹרִדֵ֥ם	va.to.ri.Dem	and she let down them	H3381 →
בַּחֶ֖בֶל	ba.Che.vel	with <the> rope	H2256 →
בְּעַ֣ד	be.'Ad	through	H1157 →
הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן	ha.cha.Lon	the window	H2474 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
בֵיתָהּ֙	vei.Tah	house her	H1004 →
בְּקִ֣יר	be.Kir	[was] in [the] wall of	H7023 →
הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה	ha.cho.Mah	the city wall	H2346 →
וּבַֽחוֹמָ֖ה	u.va.cho.Mah	and in the city wall	H2346 →
הִ֥יא	hi'	she	H1931 →
יוֹשָֽׁבֶת׃	yo.Sha.vet	[was] dwelling	H3427 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 6:20
So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into…
leads to
- Hebrews 11:30
  By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
  The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- Joshua 6:5
  And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all…
Through
Acts 9:25
One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:33
  But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
- 1 Samuel 19:11–12
  Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will…
Through
2 Corinthians 11:33
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
leads to
- Acts 9:25
  One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
- 1 Samuel 19:12
  So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
- Joshua 2:18
  unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all…

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