Joshua 2:17

And the men say to her, “We are acquitted of this, your oath, which you have caused us to swear:

Literal Standard Version

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 says to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers come on you; and you have been hidden there three days until the turning back of the pursuers, and afterward you go on your way.”

18behold, we are coming into the land, bind this line of scarlet thread to the window by which you have caused us to go down, and gather your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all the house of your father to you, to the house;

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Cross References

Genesis 24:8and if the woman is not willing to come after you, then you have been acquitted from this my oath: only you do not cause my son to return there.”

Leviticus 19:11You do not steal, nor feign, nor lie—each against his fellow.

Joshua 2:20and if you declare this—our matter, then we have been acquitted from your oath which you have caused us to swear.”

2 Samuel 21:7and the king has pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of YHWH that [is] between them, between David and Jonathan 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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