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Joshua 2:16 KJV
Joshua · chapter 2 · verse 16
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.Joshua 2:16 · King James Version
Joshua 2:16 in context
14And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
17And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- afterwardʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- pursuersrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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The matter is here settled between Rahab and the spies respecting the service she was now to do for them, and the favour they were afterwards to show to her. She secures them on condition that they should secure her. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-21