Joshua 2:21

But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

20Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.

22And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:18And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear:

John 2:5His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.

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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