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Joshua 2:16-24

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16 And she said[a] to them, "Go into the hills, or the pursuers will encounter you, and hide there three days until the pursuers have returned. Then afterward you may go your way."
17 The men said to her, "We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.
18 1Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, 2and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
19 Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, 3his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
20 But if you 4tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath that you have made us swear."
21 And she said, "According to your words, so be it." Then she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
22 They departed and went into the hills and remained there three days until the pursuers returned, and the pursuers searched all along the way and found nothing.
23 Then the two men returned. They came down from the hills and 5passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they told him all that had happened to them.
24 And they said to Joshua, "Truly 6the LORD has given all the land into our hands. And also, all the inhabitants of the land 7melt away because of us."
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Joshua 2:16-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 2

This chapter gives an account of the spies sent by Joshua to Jericho, and of their entrance into the house of Rahab, who hid them from the king's messengers, Jos 2:1-7; of the relation she gave them of the fear and dread of Israel, which were fallen upon the Canaanites, Jos 2:8-11; and of the request she made to them, to save her and her father's house, when the city should be taken, and to have a sure sign of it given her, Jos 2:12,13; which the spies solemnly promised, and gave her a sign of it, with a charge not to discover the matter to any, Jos 2:14-20; and being let down by a cord through the window of her house, they made their escape to a mountain, where they lay three days, and then returned to Joshua, and made their report, Jos 2:21-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.