Joshua 2:20

But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

In Context

19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

21And 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.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:13He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

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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