Joshua 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: ”

Joshua 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A true token - literally, “a sign” or “pledge of truth; “something to bind them to keep their promise faithfully. The “token” was the oath which the spies take Joshua 2:14 .
Joshua 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

II. Two Hebrew Spies Visit Jericho and Evade Capture. The narrative is inconsistent with Joshua 1:11 , Within three days ye are to pass over Jordan. The events in ch. 2 must have taken longer than...
Joshua 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) here and Joshua 2:13 , showing the earnestness of the appeal.
Joshua 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Now, therefore, I pray you, swear, etc. It is another manifestation of faith that she places the sons of Abraham in sure possession of the land of Canaan, founding on no other argument t...
Joshua 2:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 244 RAHAB PROTECTS THE SPIES Joshua 2:8-14 . And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof: and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the la...
Joshua 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: Swear unto me by the Lord - T...
Joshua 2:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 12. Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord — In acknowledgment of the signal service which Rahab had done the two spies, she requests of them a favour, which is, that, at the...
Joshua 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. No JFB commenta...
Joshua 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Spies at Jericho Joshua himself had been one of twelve sent by Moses on a similar errand, some thirty-eight years before ( Numbers 13 ). The incident, natural in itself, acquires a special...
Joshua 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE SPIES IN JERICHO. Joshua 2:1-24 . IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by God...
Joshua 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Heathen Woman's Act of Faith Joshua 2:1-14 “To view the land” was a hazardous undertaking. The physiognomy of the Hebrews would certainly betray them, and it did. The sacred writer does not c...
Joshua 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Forty years before this time the spies had been sent out and had brought back to Moses their reports of the land. Of these, Joshua had been one of the two who had brought back a report revealing thei...
Joshua 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe what views she had of Jehovah, that the grand security she desired was an oath of appeal to him! Where should she have learned this? Was not God her teacher? Isaiah 48:17 .
Joshua 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Joshua 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: Ver. 12. And give me a tru...
Joshua 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Swear unto me by the Lord Hebrew, by Jehovah , your God, who is the only true God: so she owns his worship, one eminent act whereof is, swearing by his name. My father's house My near kindred, w...
Joshua 2:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SPIES RECEIVED AND HIDDEN BY RAHAB (vv. 1-24) Joshua then sent two spies to "view the land, especially Jericho"(v. 1).Twelve men had been sent before at the request of the people ( Deuterono...
Joshua 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the L ORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, a...
Joshua 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By the Lord; by your God, who is the only true God: so she shows her conversion to God, and owns his worship, one eminent act whereof is swearing by his name. My father's house; my near kindred,...
Joshua 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by YHWH, since I have dealt faithfully with you, that you also will deal faithfully with my father's house, and give me a true token, and that you will save...
Joshua 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:9 . Your terror is fallen upon us] As Moses had predicted forty years before; Exodus 15:15 . Joshua 2:12 . Give me a true token ] Rahab asks them to enter into sole...
Joshua 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:1-18 . Spies are a part of the unhappy machinery of war. They are counted as necessary as the general, or as the boy who blows the bugle. It is with an army and in a war that Joshua is now...
Joshua 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:1 . Sent out two spies. Many read, “Joshua had sent out.” Being a wary general he would lose no time in gaining every kind of information. A harlot's house, named Rahab. The word is ren...
Joshua 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua . .. sent out . .. two men to spy. The spies despatched I. The position in which joshua and the Israelites were placed. It was a difficult task that had been performed by Moses; di...
Joshua 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE OATH OF THE SPIES .— Joshua 2:12 Kindness. The original is perhaps a little stronger, and involves usually the idea of mercy and pity. This, however, is not alway...
Joshua 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies Saved by Rahab
Joshua 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:14 ; 1 Samuel 20:14-17 ; 1 Samuel 20:15 ; 1 Samuel 20:17 ; 1 Samuel 24:21 ; 1 Samuel 24:22 ; 1 Samuel 30:15 ; 1 Timothy 5:8 ; 2 Chronicles 36:13 ; 2 Timothy 1:16-18 ; Esther 8:...
Joshua 2:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Preparing to Possess the Land Joshua 2:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The men who fell by the way. The closing verses of Joshua 1:1-18 , give the story of Joshua's preparations to carry out God's...
Joshua 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By the Lord — By your God who is the only true God: so she owns his worship, one eminent act whereof is swearing by his name. My father's house — My near kindred, which she particularly names, Jos...

Joshua 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Joshua 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes