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Joshua 2:21 KJV
Joshua · chapter 2 · verse 21
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.Joshua 2:21 · King James Version
Joshua 2:21 in context
19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
20And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- departedyâlakto walkH3212 →
- scarletshânîycrimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itH8144 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- boundqâsharto tie, physically or mentallyH7194 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- awayshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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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