Joshua 2:20

But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”

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In The King James Version

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

In Context

19It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.

21She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:13One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

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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