Joshua 2:16

And she said unto them—To the mountain, get you, lest the pursuers, fall in, with you,—and hide yourselves there, three days until the pursuers return, and, afterwards, shall ye go your way.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

In Context

15And she let them down with a cord through the window,—for, her house, was within the wall of the rampart, and, within the rampart, she was dwelling.

17And the men said unto her,—Free, will we be from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear:

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Cross References

Joshua 2:22And they went and came into the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned,—so the pursuers, made search, throughout all the way, but found them not.

1 Samuel 23:29And David went up from thence,—and abode in the strongholds of En-gedi.

James 2:25And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth?

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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