Joshua 2:17

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast caused us to swear.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

In Context

16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward ye may go your way.

18Behold, when we come into the land, this line of scarlet thread shalt thou bind in the window by which thou hast let us down; and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brothers, and all thy father's household, thou must bring together unto thee into the house.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:8But if the woman should not be willing to follow thee, then shalt, thou be clear from this my oath: only my son thou shalt not bring thither again.

Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deny [another's property in your hands], nor lie one to another.

Joshua 2:20And if thou tell this our business, then will we be free of thy oath which thou hast caused us to swear.

2 Samuel 21:7But the king had pity on Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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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