约书亚记 2:15

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

於是，那女人用繩子把二人從窗戶縋下去，因為她的房屋是在城牆上，她就住在城牆上。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
於 是 女 人 用 绳 子 将 二 人 从 窗 户 里 缒 下 去 ； 因 他 的 房 子 是 在 城 墙 边 上 ， 他 也 住 在 城 墙 上 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ Before the spies went to sleep for the night, Rahab went up to the roof. ⁹ She said to them, "I know the Lord has given this land to your people. You frighten us very much. Everyone living in this land is terribly afraid of you ¹⁰ because we have heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea when you came out of Egypt. We have heard how you destroyed Sihon and Og, two Amorite kings who lived east of the Jordan. ¹¹ When we heard this, we were very frightened. Now our men are afraid to fight you because the Lord your God rules the heavens above and the earth below! ¹² So now, promise me before the Lord that you will show kindness to my family just as I showed kindness to you. Give me some proof that you will do this. ¹³ Allow my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all of their families to live. Save us from death." ¹⁴ The men agreed and said, "It will be our lives for your lives if you don't tell anyone what we are doing. When the Lord gives us the land, we will be kind and true to you." ¹⁵ The house Rahab lived in was built on the city wall, so she used a rope to let the men down through a window. ¹⁶ She said to them, "Go into the hills so the king's men will not find you. Hide there for three days. After the king's men return, you may go on your way." ¹⁷ The men said to her, "You must do as we say. If not, we cannot be responsible for keeping this oath you have made us swear.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she let them: 1 Samuel 19:12-17, Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33

for her house: Joshua 6:20

Reciprocal: Acts 17:10 - the brethren

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.

Job 31:33
I have not hidden my sin as others do, secretly keeping my guilt to myself.

Psalms 128:2
You will enjoy what you work for, and you will be blessed with good things.

Ephesians 4:28
Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then she let them down by a cord through the window,.... Which must be large, and the cord strong, as well as she herself a masculine woman, to let down two men by it, unless she employed any of her servants in the affair; though this being so great a secrecy, it is probable she trusted none of her domestics with it as little as possible: in like manner the Apostle Paul was let down by the wall of Damascus in a basket, Acts 9:25; Jarchi supposes it was the same cord and window, by means of and in at which her gallants used to come and go:

for her house [was] upon the town wall; in a suitable and convenient place to receive her guests and gallants: and it is observed, that harlots have had their houses on or under walls: Martial speaks of harlots whom he calls l Summoenianae, whores that plied under the walls and in the suburbs of cities:

and she dwelt upon the wall; that part of the house in which she particularly dwelt was built on or over the wall, and the rest towards the city was for the entertainment of persons that resorted to her house.

l Epigram. l. 3. Ep. 62.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, 2 Corinthians 11:33).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 2:15. Then she let them down by a cord c. — The natural place of this verse is after the first clause of Joshua 2:21 for it is certain that she did not let them down in the basket till all those circumstances marked from Joshua 2:16-20 inclusive had taken place.

She dwelt upon the wall. — That is, either the wall of the city made a part of her house or her house was built close to the wall, so that the top or battlements of it were above the wall with a window that looked out to the country. As the city gates were now shut there was no way for the spies to escape but through this window; and in order to this she let them down through the window in a basket suspended by a cord, till they reached the ground on the outside of the wall.