Josué 2:12

12 »Ahora júrenme por el Señor
que serán bondadosos conmigo y con mi familia, ya que les di mi ayuda. Denme una garantía de que,

Josué 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.

Josué 2:12 In-Context

10 Pues hemos oído cómo el Señor
les abrió un camino en seco para que atravesaran el mar Rojo
cuando salieron de Egipto. Y sabemos lo que les hicieron a Sehón y a Og, los dos reyes amorreos al oriente del río Jordán, cuyos pueblos ustedes destruyeron por completo.

11 ¡No es extraño que nuestro corazón esté lleno de temor! A nadie le queda valor para pelear después de oír semejantes cosas. Pues el Señor
su Dios es el Dios supremo arriba, en los cielos, y abajo, en la tierra.

12 »Ahora júrenme por el Señor
que serán bondadosos conmigo y con mi familia, ya que les di mi ayuda. Denme una garantía de que,

13 cuando Jericó sea conquistada, salvarán mi vida y también la de mi padre y mi madre, mis hermanos y hermanas y sus familias.

14 —Te ofrecemos nuestra propia vida como garantía por la tuya —le prometieron ellos—. Si no nos delatas, cumpliremos nuestra promesa y seremos bondadosos contigo cuando el Señor
nos dé la tierra.