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1 Clement

Chapter 12

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1 Clement 12:1

For her faith and hospitality Rahab the harlot was saved.

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1 Clement 12:2

For when the spies were sent forth unto Jericho by Joshua the son of Nun, the king of the land perceived that they were come to spy out his country, and sent forth men to seize them, that being seized they might be put to death.

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1 Clement 12:3

So the hospitable Rahab received them and hid them in the upper chamber under the flax stalks.

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1 Clement 12:4

And when the messengers of the king came near and said, The spies of our land entered in unto thee: bring them forth, for the king so ordereth: then she answered, The men truly, whom ye seek, entered in unto me, but they departed forthwith and are sojourning on the way; and she pointed out to them the opposite road.

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1 Clement 12:5

And she said unto the men, Of a surety I perceive that the Lord your God delivereth this city unto you; for the fear and the dread of you is fallen upon the inhabitants thereof. When therefore it shall come to pass that ye take it, save me and the house of my father.

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1 Clement 12:6

And they said unto her, It shall be even so as thou hast spoken unto us. Whensoever therefore thou perceivest that we are coming, thou shalt gather all thy folk beneath thy roof and they shall be saved; for as many as shall be found without the house shall perish.

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1 Clement 12:7

And moreover they gave her a sign, that she should hang out from her house a scarlet thread, thereby showing beforehand that through the blood of the Lord there shall be redemption unto all them that believe and hope on God.

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1 Clement 12:8

Ye see, dearly beloved, not only faith, but prophecy, is found in the woman.

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1 Clement — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation

Unverified edition

Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Ancient source language(s)

Recorded completeness: Complete text as staged in the source packet; nothing reconstructed.. Available reading sections are listed below.

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66 chapter/reading unit(s) · 394 nonempty passage record(s).

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