King James Version
Joshua 2:15 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Joshua 2:15 · KJV
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. for: Heb. instead of you to die
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.
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
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“Then she let them down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for her house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“and she dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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