and it happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue after them quickly; for you will overtake them.
"The stalks of flax   ..."  (Joshua 2:6) reveal several things: (1) The time of the year was about March or April, that being the time when the flax was ready to harvest.[18]  (2) It also meant that the Jordan was flooding  (Joshua 3:15), as it always did at harvest time.  (3) Likewise, there is a glimpse here of Rahab's cultivation and processing of flax, indicating that that industry was at least one source of the woman's livelihood.  The flax industry dates from "the earliest times in Palestine."[19]