Joshua 2:17

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 ye shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterward ye shall depart on your way.

18Behold, we shall enter into a part of the city, and thou shalt set a sign; thou shalt bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which thou hast let us down, and thou shalt bring in to thyself, into thy house, thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the family of thy father.

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Cross References

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

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

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

2 Samuel 21:7But the king spared Mephibosheth 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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