Joshua 2:21

And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

In Context

20But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.

22And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:18If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;

John 2:5His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 2:9-22

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these… Read the whole commentary →

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