Joshua 2:4 meaning and explanation

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Rahab is speaking to the messengers of the king of Jericho, who have come to her house demanding she hand over the two Israelite spies. The narrator first notes that she had already taken the men and hidden them, then reports her reply: she admits they came but claims she did not know their origin.

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