Charles Ellicott Commentary Joshua 2:6

"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." — Joshua 2:6 (ASV)

The stalks of flax. —It is noted that flax and barley are both early crops (Exodus 9:31), and that the first month was the time of barley harvest (Compare to 2 Samuel 21:9).