YuēShūyàjì 2:12

12 Xiànzaì wǒ jì shì ēn daì nǐmen , qiú nǐmen zhǐ zhe Yēhéhuá xiàng wǒ qǐshì , yĕ yào ēn daì wǒ fǔ jia , bìng gĕi wǒ yī gè shízaì de zhèngjù ,

YuēShūyàjì 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:12

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord
Which being a religious action, and done by men that feared the Lord, she knew it would be binding upon them: the Targum is,

``swear to me by the Word of the Lord:''

since I have showed you kindness;
by receiving them with peace into her house, and hiding them when inquired for and demanded of her; in doing which she risked her own, life, had this treachery to her country, as it would have been deemed, been discovered;

that you will also show kindness unto my father's house;
she mentions not herself and household, for if this was granted that would be implied and included; and this she presses for by the law of retaliation and friendship, for since she had shown kindness to them, it was but reasonable it should be returned:

and give me a true token;
that she and her father's house would be saved by them when the city should be taken and the inhabitants destroyed; a token that would not deceive her, on which she might depend, and would be firm and sure.

YuēShūyàjì 2:12 In-Context

10 Yīnwei wǒmen tīngjian nǐmen chū Āijí de shíhou , Yēhéhuá zĕnyàng zaì nǐmen qiánmian shǐ Hónghǎi de shuǐ gān le , bìngqiĕ nǐmen zĕnyàng daì Yuēdànhé dōng de liǎng gè yà Mólì wáng Xīhóng hé è , jiāng tāmen jìn xíng huǐmiè .

11 Wǒmen yī tīngjian zhèxie shì , xīn jiù xiāohuà le . yīn nǐmen de yuángù , bìng wú yī rén yǒu dǎn qì . Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén bĕn shì shàngtiān xià dì de shén .

12 Xiànzaì wǒ jì shì ēn daì nǐmen , qiú nǐmen zhǐ zhe Yēhéhuá xiàng wǒ qǐshì , yĕ yào ēn daì wǒ fǔ jia , bìng gĕi wǒ yī gè shízaì de zhèngjù ,

13 Yào jiùhuó wǒde fùmǔ , dìxiōng , zǐ meì , hé yīqiè shǔ tāmende , zhĕngjiù wǒmen xìngméng bú sǐ .

14 Èr rén duì tā shuō , nǐ ruò bú xiè lòu wǒmen zhè jiàn shì , wǒmen qíngyuàn tì nǐmen sǐ . Yēhéhuá jiāng zhè dì cìgĕi wǒmen de shíhou , wǒmen bì yǐ cíaì chéngshí daì nǐ .