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1 καὶ Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Ναυη ἐκ Σαττιν δύο νεανίσκους λέγων καὶ ἴδετε τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν Ιεριχω καὶ πορευθέντες οἱ δύο νεανίσκοι εἰς Ιεριχω καὶ εἰς οἰκίαν γυναικὸς πόρνης ᾗ ὄνομα Ρααβ καὶ ἐκεῖ
2 καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ Ιεριχω λέγοντες ὧδε ἄνδρες τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ τὴν γῆν
3 καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ιεριχω καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Ρααβ λέγων τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου τὴν νύκτα γὰρ τὴν γῆν ἥκασιν
4 καὶ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ τοὺς ἄνδρας ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς λέγουσα πρός με οἱ ἄνδρες
5 ὡς δὲ ἡ πύλη ἐκλείετο ἐν τῷ σκότει καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι ποῦ πεπόρευνται ὀπίσω αὐτῶν εἰ αὐτούς
6 αὐτὴ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ λινοκαλάμῃ τῇ ἐστοιβασμένῃ αὐτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος
7 καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ιορδάνου ἐπὶ τὰς διαβάσεις καὶ ἡ πύλη ἐκλείσθη καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς οἱ διώκοντες ὀπίσω αὐτῶν
8 καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ πρὶν ἢ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτούς καὶ αὐτὴ ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα πρὸς αὐτοὺς
9 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἐπίσταμαι ὅτι δέδωκεν ὑμῖν κύριος τὴν γῆν γὰρ ὁ φόβος ὑμῶν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς
10 ἀκηκόαμεν γὰρ ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεὸς τὴν ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν ὅτε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ ὅσα ἐποίησεν τοῖς δυσὶ βασιλεῦσιν τῶν Αμορραίων οἳ ἦσαν πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου τῷ Σηων καὶ Ωγ οὓς αὐτούς
11 καὶ ἀκούσαντες ἡμεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ ἡμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἔστη ἔτι πνεῦμα ἐν οὐδενὶ ἡμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν θεὸς ἐν οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κάτω
12 καὶ νῦν ὀμόσατέ μοι κύριον τὸν θεόν ὅτι ποιῶ ὑμῖν ἔλεος καὶ ποιήσετε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔλεος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου
13 καὶ ζωγρήσετε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ τὴν μητέρα μου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ πάντα τὸν οἶκόν μου καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου
14 καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ οἱ ἄνδρες ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ἀνθ' ὑμῶν εἰς θάνατον καὶ αὐτὴ εἶπεν ὡς ἂν κύριος ὑμῖν τὴν πόλιν ποιήσετε εἰς ἐμὲ ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθειαν
15 καὶ αὐτοὺς διὰ τῆς θυρίδος
16 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν μὴ ὑμῖν οἱ καὶ κρυβήσεσθε ἐκεῖ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἕως ἂν οἱ ὀπίσω ὑμῶν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν
17 καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἄνδρες πρὸς αὐτήν ἀθῷοί ἐσμεν τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ
18 ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς εἰς μέρος τῆς πόλεως καὶ θήσεις τὸ σημεῖον τὸ σπαρτίον τὸ κόκκινον τοῦτο εἰς τὴν θυρίδα δι' ἧς ἡμᾶς δι' αὐτῆς τὸν δὲ πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου καὶ πάντα τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου πρὸς σεαυτὴν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου
19 καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὃς ἂν τὴν θύραν τῆς οἰκίας σου ἔξω ἔνοχος ἑαυτῷ ἔσται ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀθῷοι τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ καὶ ὅσοι ἐὰν γένωνται μετὰ σοῦ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου ἡμεῖς ἔνοχοι ἐσόμεθα
20 ἐὰν δέ τις ἡμᾶς ἀδικήσῃ ἢ καὶ τοὺς λόγους ἡμῶν τούτους ἐσόμεθα ἀθῷοι τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ
21 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὸ ῤῆμα ὑμῶν οὕτως ἔστω καὶ αὐτούς
22 καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἤλθοσαν εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ ἐκεῖ τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ οἱ πάσας τὰς ὁδοὺς καὶ οὐχ εὕροσαν
23 καὶ οἱ δύο νεανίσκοι καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους καὶ πρὸς Ἰησοῦν υἱὸν Ναυη καὶ αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῖς
24 καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Ἰησοῦν ὅτι κύριος πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν καὶ πᾶς ὁ τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην ἀφ' ἡμῶν