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Rahab Helps the Spies

Joshua secretly sends two spies from Shittim to Jericho. Rahab hides them under flax stalks on her roof, lets them down by a rope through her window, and helps them escape to the hills. The spies instruct her to tie a scarlet cord in the window, gather her family inside the house, and keep their mission secret so that she and her household may be spared. After hiding for three days and crossing over, the spies return to Joshua and report that the LORD has given Israel the land and that the people of the land fear Israel.

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Print Rahab Helps the Spies: 4-Scene Story Sheet

Rahab on her roof near bundles of flax while two unnamed Israelite spies hide beneath them, with Jericho’s city gate in the distance.

Rahab Hides the Spies Under the Flax

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Rahab speaks with two unnamed Israelite spies on the roof of her house in Jericho beneath an open sky, based on Joshua 2:8-11.

Rahab Speaks Courageously on the Roof

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Rahab asks two unnamed Israelite spies for a promise to protect her family and household, based on Joshua 2:12-14.

Rahab Asks for Protection for Her Household

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Rahab helps two unnamed Israelite spies descend by a rope through her window in Jericho’s wall and points toward the hills.

The Spies Leave Through the Window

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Rahab ties a scarlet cord in the window of her house while two unnamed spies gesture toward the cord and her family gathers inside.

Rahab Ties the Scarlet Cord

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Joshua listens as two unnamed Israelite spies report their safe return from the hills and say that the LORD has given Israel the land.

The Spies Report Back to Joshua

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Scripture reference

Joshua 2:1-24

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