Joshua 2:21

“As you say,” answered the woman, “so be it.” So away they went, while she tied the scarlet cord to the window.

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In The King James Version

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

In Context

20But remember, if you breathe a word about our errand, we will not be bound by the oath you have made us swear.”

22They went into the hills and stayed there for three days, until the pursuers returned (the pursuers looked for them all along the road and could not find them).

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Cross References

Joshua 2:18unless, when we enter the country, you tie this cord of scarlet thread outside the window through which you let us down. You must gather your father and mother and brothers and all your family inside your house.

John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

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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