Joshua 2:20

20 But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.

Joshua 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:20

And if thou utter this our business
So that others would either hang out scarlet threads or get into her house for shelter, (See Gill on Joshua 2:14);

then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear;
be under no obligation to make it good, by saving her and her father's house.

Joshua 2:20 In-Context

18 If, when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren, and all thy kindred into thy house.

19 Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.

20 But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.

21 And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done: and sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

22 But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days, till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not.