Joshua 2:21

Joshua 2:21

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.

23 So the two men returned, descended from the mountain, and crossed over; and they came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all that had befallen them.

24 And they said to Joshua, “Truly ^athe Lord has delivered all the land into our hands, for indeed all the inhabitants of the country are fainthearted because of us.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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she bound the scarlet line in the window—probably soon after the departure of the spies. It was not formed, as some suppose, into network, as a lattice, but simply to hang down the wall. Its red color made it conspicuous, and it was thus a sign and pledge of safety to Rahab's house, as the bloody mark on the lintels of the houses of the Israelites in Egypt to that people.

Joshua 2:16-21

she said—rather "she had said," for what follows must have been part of the previous conversation.

Get you to the mountain—A range of white limestone hills extends on the north, called Quarantania (now Jebel Karantu), rising to a height of from twelve hundred to fifteen hundred feet, and the sides of which are perforated with caves. Some one peak adjoining was familiarly known to the inhabitants as "the mountain." The prudence and propriety of the advice to flee in that direction rather than to the ford, were made apparent by the sequel.

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