Joshua Chapter 2 verse 15 Holy Bible
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.
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Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.
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And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
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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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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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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.
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And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house `is' in the side of the wall, and in the wall she `is' dwelling;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Then she let them down. The conversation which is related afterwards, no doubt occurred afterwards, as is proved by the use of the perfect הורַדְתֵּנוּ in ver. 18. There is no reason to suppose the window by which she let them down. to have been so distant from the ground as to preclude a conversation, and it is quite possible that Rahab's house may have been in a situation in which such a conversation could be carried on without interruption. There are continental cities now surrounded by walls, in which such a conversation would involve no difficulty whatever, especially if the house from which such a conversation was carried on happened to stand a little apart from other houses. And though the spies sent by Moses described the walls of the Phoenician cities in hyperbolical language, it is highly improbable that their fortifications were stronger than those of mediaeval times. The little town of Ahrweiler, in the valley of the Ahr, near Remagen, may serve as an instance in point. It would once have been called a strongly fortified town, but the walls are of no great height, and the houses are built upon them. The same may be seen at Bacharach and Oberwesel, and other well known places where the fortifications have not been modernised. With the escape of the spies we may compare the escape of St. Paul from Damascus, as recorded in Acts 9:25, and 2 Corinthians 11:32, 33.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Her house was upon the town wall--Happily for the two spies. Perhaps, indeed, they selected it for this reason, as it enabled them to leave the town without passing the gate.
