Joshua 2:17

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

16And 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.

18Lo! when we are coming into the land, this cord of crimson thread, must thou bind in the window by which thou didst let us down, and, thy father and thy mother and thy brethren and all the household of thy father, must thou gather together unto thee unto the house.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:8But if unwilling be the woman to follow thee, then shalt thou be clear from this mine oath,—Only my son, shalt thou not take back thither

Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal,—nor deceive nor lie one man to another;

Joshua 2:20Or, if thou utter this our business, then shall we be free from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

2 Samuel 21:7But the king had pity upon Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, Saul’s son,—because of the oath of Yahweh that was between them, between David and Jonathan, Saul’s son.

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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