Joshua 2:20

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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.

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Adam Clarke

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Joshua 2:20

If thou utter this our business - It was prudent to make her life depend on her secresy; had it been otherwise she might have been tempted to give information, not only concerning the spies, but concerning the designs of the Israelites. But her life being at stake, added to every other motive, she kept the secret for the sake of her own personal safety and that of all her relatives.

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