Joshua 2:14

“Our lives for yours!” the men told her. “If you don't tell anyone about this, we will treat you honestly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”

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In The King James Version

And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

In Context

13that you will spare my father and mother and brothers and sisters—and all who are part of their families—that you will save them from death.”

15Then she lowered them down by a rope through the window since the house where she lived was built into the outside of the city wall.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:49So please tell me now, will you show commitment and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no so I can decide what to do next.”

Numbers 10:29Moses explained to Hobab, the son of Moses' father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We're leaving for the place of which the Lord promised, ‘I'm going to give it to you.’ Come with us, and we'll be good to you, because the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

Joshua 6:22Joshua had told the two men who had gone to explore the land, “Go to the house of Rahab the prostitute and bring her out together with all her family, as you promised.”

Judges 1:24The spies saw a man leaving the town and told him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.”

2 Samuel 2:5he sent messengers to them, saying, “May the Lord bless you, because you demonstrated your loyal love to Saul your master, and you buried him properly.

2 Samuel 9:1David said, “Is there anyone still left of Saul's family so I can be kind to him for Jonathan's sake?”

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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