Joshua 2:17

Joshua 2:17

15 Then she ^alet them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.

16 And she said to them, “Get to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you. Hide there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward you may go your way.”

17 So the men said to her: “We will be ^ablameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear,

18 ^aunless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, ^band unless you bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home.

19 So it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be¹ guiltless. And whoever is with you in the house, ^ahis blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him.

20 And if you tell this business of ours, then we will be¹ free from your oath which you made us swear.”

21 Then she said, “According to your words, so be it.” And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

22 They departed and went to the mountain, and stayed there three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but did not find them.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Said - Or, had said; namely, before she let them down; it being very improbable, either that she would dismiss them before the condition was agreed on; or that she would discourse with them, or they with her, about such secret and weighty things after they were let down, when others might overhear them. Blameless - That is, free from guilt or reproach if it be violated, namely, if the following condition be not observed.

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