Joshua 2 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Misit igitur Josue filius Nun de Setim duos viros exploratores in abscondito: et dixit eis: Ite, et considerate terram, urbemque Jericho. Qui pergentes ingressi sunt domum mulieris meretricis, nomine Rahab, et quieverunt apud eam.
1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
2 Nuntiatumque est regi Jericho, et dictum: Ecce viri ingressi sunt huc per noctem de filiis Israël, ut explorarent terram.
2 The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”
3 Misitque rex Jericho ad Rahab, dicens: Educ viros, qui venerunt ad te, et ingressi sunt domum tuam: exploratores quippe sunt, et omnem terram considerare venerunt.
3 Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”
4 Tollensque mulier viros, abscondit, et ait: Fateor, venerunt ad me, sed nesciebam unde essent:
4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.
5 cumque porta clauderetur in tenebris, et illi pariter exierunt; nescio quo abierunt: persequimini cito, et comprehendetis eos.
5 About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”
6 Ipsa autem fecit ascendere viros in solarium domus suæ, operuitque eos stipula lini, quæ ibi erat.
6 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
7 Hi autem, qui missi fuerant, secuti sunt eos per viam, quæ ducit ad vadum Jordanis: illisque egressis statim porta clausa est.
7 The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
8 Necdum obdormierant qui latebant, et ecce mulier ascendit ad eos, et ait:
8 Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.
9 Novi quod Dominus tradiderit vobis terram: etenim irruit in nos terror vester, et elanguerunt omnes habitatores terræ.
9 She said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
10 Audivimus quod siccaverit Dominus aquas maris Rubri ad vestrum introitum, quando egressi estis ex Ægypto: et quæ feceritis duobus Amorrhæorum regibus, qui erant trans Jordanem, Sehon et Og, quos interfecistis.
10 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11 Et hæc audientes pertimuimus, et elanguit cor nostrum, nec remansit in nobis spiritus ad introitum vestrum: Dominus enim Deus vester ipse est Deus in cælo sursum et in terra deorsum.
11 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
12 Nunc ergo jurate mihi per Dominum, ut quomodo ego misericordiam feci vobiscum, ita et vos faciatis cum domo patris mei: detisque mihi verum signum,
12 Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
13 ut salvetis patrem meum et matrem, et fratres ac sorores meas, et omnia quæ illorum sunt, et eruatis animas nostras a morte.
13 and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.”
14 Qui responderunt ei: Anima nostra sit pro vobis in mortem, si tamen non prodideris nos: cumque tradiderit nobis Dominus terram, faciemus in te misericordiam et veritatem.
14 The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
15 Demisit ergo eos per funem de fenestra: domus enim ejus hærebat muro.
15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
16 Dixitque ad eos: Ad montana conscendite, ne forte occurrant vobis revertentes: ibique latitate tribus diebus, donec redeant, et sic ibitis per viam vestram.
16 She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”
17 Qui dixerunt ad eam: Innoxii erimus a juramento hoc, quo adjurasti nos:
17 The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.
18 si ingredientibus nobis terram, signum fuerit funiculus iste coccineus, et ligaveris eum in fenestra, per quam demisisti nos: et patrem tuum ac matrem, fratresque et omnem cognationem tuam congregaveris in domum tuam.
18 Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
19 Qui ostium domus tuæ egressus fuerit, sanguis ipsius erit in caput ejus, et nos erimus alieni. Cunctorum autem sanguis, qui tecum in domo fuerint, redundabit in caput nostrum, si eos aliquis tetigerit.
19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
20 Quod si nos prodere volueris, et sermonem istum proferre in medium, erimus mundi ab hoc juramento, quo adjurasti nos.
20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”
21 Et illa respondit: Sicut locuti estis, ita fiat: dimittensque eos ut pergerent, appendit funiculum coccineum in fenestra.
21 She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.
22 Illi vero ambulantes pervenerunt ad montana, et manserunt ibi tres dies, donec reverterentur qui fuerant persecuti: quærentes enim per omnem viam, non repererunt eos.
22 They went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them.
23 Quibus urbem ingressis, reversi sunt, et descenderunt exploratores de monte: et, transmisso Jordane, venerunt ad Josue filium Nun, narraveruntque ei omnia quæ acciderant sibi,
23 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, crossed the river, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. They told him all that had happened to them.
24 atque dixerunt: Tradidit Dominus omnem terram hanc in manus nostras, et timore prostrati sunt cuncti habitatores ejus.
24 They said to Joshua, “Truly Yahweh has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”
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Rahab
The woman of Jericho who hid the spies and became mother of Boaz.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 2, 6; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31
Cross references (21)
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- 1 Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25; Matthew 1:5; Numbers 13:17–21; Numbers 25:1
- 2 Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 43:13; Proverbs 21:30; Psalm 127:1
- 3 2 Samuel 10:3; John 19:4; Leviticus 24:14; Acts 12:6; Joshua 10:23
- 4 2 Kings 6:19; 2 Samuel 17:19–20; 2 Samuel 16:18–19; Exodus 1:19
- 5 Ezekiel 47:1–2; Isaiah 60:11; Nehemiah 13:19; Revelation 21:25; Jeremiah 50:20
- 6 James 2:25; Hebrews 11:23; Colossians 3:3; 2 Samuel 17:19; 1 Kings 18:13
- 7 Judges 3:28; Joshua 2:5; Acts 5:23; Judges 12:5
- 9 Exodus 23:27; Deuteronomy 2:25; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Joshua 2:11; Genesis 35:5
- 10 Numbers 21:21–35; Exodus 14:21–31; Exodus 15:14–16; Numbers 23:22; Deuteronomy 2:30–3:8
- 11 Deuteronomy 4:39; Joshua 5:1; Isaiah 13:7; Joshua 7:5; Jeremiah 16:19–21
- 12 Joshua 2:18; James 2:13; Joshua 9:15; Joshua 2:13; 1 Samuel 30:15
- 14 Matthew 5:7; Judges 1:24–25; Proverbs 18:24; Genesis 24:49; 1 Samuel 20:8
- 15 Acts 9:25; 2 Corinthians 11:33; 1 Samuel 19:12–17; Joshua 6:20
- 16 1 Samuel 23:14; James 2:25; 1 Samuel 23:29; Joshua 2:22; Psalm 11:1
- 17 2 Samuel 21:7; Numbers 30:2; Leviticus 19:11–12; Genesis 24:3–8; 2 Samuel 21:1–2
- 18 Joshua 6:23; Joshua 2:21; Joshua 2:12–13; Hebrews 9:19; Leviticus 14:4
- 19 Acts 27:31; Exodus 12:13; Acts 18:6; 1 Kings 2:36–42; Ezekiel 33:4–5
- 20 Proverbs 11:13
- 21 Joshua 2:18; John 2:5; Matthew 7:24
- 22 2 Samuel 17:20; 1 Samuel 19:10–12; Psalm 32:6–7
- 24 Exodus 23:31; Exodus 15:15; Numbers 13:32–33; Joshua 2:9–11; Proverbs 25:13
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