Joshua 2:17

And the men said to her, We are clear of this your oath.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 to them, Depart into the hill-country, lest the pursuers meet you, and you⌃ shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards you⌃ shall depart on your way.

18Behold, + 2:18 Gr. do enter. we shall enter into a part of the city, and you shall set + 2:18 Gr. the sign. a sign; you shall bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which you have let us down, and you shall bring in to yourself, into your house, your father, and your mother, and your brethren, and all the family of your father.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:8And if the woman should not be willing to come with you into this land, you shall be clear from my oath, only carry not my son there again.

Leviticus 19:11You⌃ shall not steal, you⌃ shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbor.

Joshua 2:20But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this your oath.

2 Samuel 21:7But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even 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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