Joshua 2:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. ”

Joshua 2:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if thou utter this our (k) business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. (k) So that others should think to escape by the same means.
Joshua 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. If thou utter this our business - It was prudent to make her life depend on her secresy; had...
Joshua 2:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 17-20. And the men said unto her, &c.— Before they left her house, they had answered her request with respect to her security; as they not only engaged themselves to perform it, but al...
Joshua 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Joshua 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Escape and Report of the Spies Joshua 2:15-24 Rahab's trust in the promise of the spies, and in the efficacy of the scarlet line around her window is a striking type of the faith that re...
Joshua 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over all the several particulars of the agreement between Rahab and the spies, to call the Reader's attention to the interesting circumstances to which Rahab was enjoined by the spies, as sign...
Joshua 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if thou utter this our business ,.... So that others would either hang out scarlet threads or get into her house for shelter, Joshua 2:14 ; then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast...
Joshua 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Joshua 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ And if you say anything about this our business, then we will be free from your oath which you have made us swear.” If they later discovered that she had betrayed them, or if there were more th...
Joshua 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 2:14 . Our life for yours] The sentiment is, “If we fail to regard your lives as sacred, may God so fail to think of ours.” It became afterwards a common form of oath in I...
Joshua 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies Saved by Rahab
Joshua 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:17 ; Proverbs 11:13

Joshua 2:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 2:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 2:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 2:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 2:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge