Joshua 2:17

The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

Majority Standard Bible

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

16“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”

18unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:8And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

Leviticus 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

Joshua 2:20And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

2 Samuel 21:7Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD 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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