Joshua 2:6
King James Version (KJV)
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
World English Bible (WEB)
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
Joshua 2:6 Cross References
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
