Giosué 2:15

15 Allora ella li calò giù dalla finestra con una fune perciocchè la sua casa atteneva al muro della città, ed ella dimorava in sul muro;

Giosué 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:15

Then she let them down by a cord through the window
Which must be large, and the cord strong, as well as she herself a masculine woman, to let down two men by it, unless she employed any of her servants in the affair; though this being so great a secrecy, it is probable she trusted none of her domestics with it as little as possible: in like manner the Apostle Paul was let down by the wall of Damascus in a basket, ( Acts 9:25 ) ; Jarchi supposes it was the same cord and window, by means of and in at which her gallants used to come and go:

for her house [was] upon the town wall;
in a suitable and convenient place to receive her guests and gallants: and it is observed, that harlots have had their houses on or under walls: Martial speaks of harlots whom he calls ^F12 Summoenianae, whores that plied under the walls and in the suburbs of cities:

and she dwelt upon the wall;
that part of the house in which she particularly dwelt was built on or over the wall, and the rest towards the city was for the entertainment of persons that resorted to her house.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Epigram. l. 3. Ep. 62.

Giosué 2:15 In-Context

13 e che salverete la vita a mio padre, e a mia madre, e ai miei fratelli, e alle mie sorelle, e a tutti i loro; e che salverete da morte le nostre persone.

14 E quegli uomini le dissero: Se voi non palesate questo nostro affare, noi esporremo a morte le nostre persone per voi; e quando il Signore ci avrà dato il paese, noi useremo benignità e lealtà inverso te.

15 Allora ella li calò giù dalla finestra con una fune perciocchè la sua casa atteneva al muro della città, ed ella dimorava in sul muro;

16 e disse loro: Andate verso il monte, che talora quelli che vi perseguono non vi scontrino; e quivi state nascosti tre giorni, finchè sieno ritornati quelli che vi perseguono; e poi andrete a vostro cammino.

17 E quegli uomini le dissero; Noi saremo sciolti da questo tuo giuramento, che tu ci hai fatto fare, in questa maniera.