Josué 2:21

21 Y ella respondió: Conforme a vuestras palabras, así sea. Y los envió, y se fueron; y ella ató el cordón escarlata a la ventana.

Josué 2:21 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:21

And she said, according to your words, so [be] it
She agreed, that if the conditions required were not performed, they would be quit of their oath, but if they were, she expected it would be fulfilled:

and she sent them away, and they departed;
took their leave of each other:

and she bound the scarlet line in the window;
immediately, as Abarbinel thinks, and in the sight of the spies, that they might see that she conformed to their direction, and that they might take notice where she fastened it; and that she herself might, at the sight of it, be put in mind of the design of it, and be an encouragement to her faith as to the safety of her and her father's house; and it being a thing so trifling and insignificant in itself, would not be taken notice of by the inhabitants, or be thought to be done with any design; though, according to the instruction of the spies, it seems as if it was to be done when they came into the land, and into the city, and which seems most likely that it was then done.

Josué 2:21 In-Context

19 Y sucederá que cualquiera que salga de las puertas de tu casa a la calle, su sangre caerá sobre su propia cabeza, y quedaremos libres. Pero la sangre de cualquiera que esté en la casa contigo caerá sobre nuestra cabeza si alguien pone su mano sobre él.

20 Pero si divulgas nuestro propósito, quedaremos libres del juramento que nos has hecho jurar.

21 Y ella respondió: Conforme a vuestras palabras, así sea. Y los envió, y se fueron; y ella ató el cordón escarlata a la ventana.

22 Y ellos se fueron y llegaron a la región montañosa, y permanecieron allí por tres días, hasta que los perseguidores regresaron. Y los perseguidores los habían buscado por todo el camino, pero no los habían encontrado.

23 Entonces los dos hombres regresaron y bajaron de la región montañosa, y pasaron y vinieron a Josué, hijo de Nun, y le contaron todo lo que les había acontecido.