Joshua 2:21

Rahab replied, “May what you say be done.” She sent them away and they left. Then she tied the scarlet rope in 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 if you speak about our business, we will be free from the oath you made us swear.”

22They left and went up into the hills and they stayed there three days until their pursuers returned. The pursuers searched all along the road and found nothing.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:18When we come into the land, you must tie this scarlet rope in the window through which you let us down, and you will gather into the house your father and mother, your brothers and all your father's household.

John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”

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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