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Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?

Likewise {G3668}{G1161} also {G2532} was {G1344} not {G3756} Rahab {G4460} the harlot {G4204} justified {G1344} by {G1537} works {G2041}, when she had received {G5264} the messengers {G32}, and {G2532} had sent them out {G1544} another {G2087} way {G3598}?

Likewise, wasn’t Rachav the prostitute also declared righteous because of actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route?

In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 11:31 (14 votes)

    By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

  • Joshua 6:22 (11 votes)

    But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

  • Joshua 6:25 (11 votes)

    And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel [even] unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

  • Joshua 2:19 (8 votes)

    And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood [shall be] upon his head, and we [will be] guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood [shall be] on our head, if [any] hand be upon him.

  • Joshua 2:21 (8 votes)

    And she said, According unto your words, so [be] it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

  • Joshua 2:15 (7 votes)

    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 2:4 (7 votes)

    And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they [were]: