Joshua 2:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - 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 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 21. And she bound the scarlet line in the window — It is pretty generally supposed, that Rahab bound it there immediately, and there left it till Joshua made himself master of Jericho. But,...
Joshua 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. She bound the scarlet line in the window - probably...
Joshua 2:21 - 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 2:21 - 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 2:21 - 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 2:21 - 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 2:21 - 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 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she said, according to your words, so [be] it ,.... She agreed, that if the conditions required were not performed, they would be quit of their oath, but if they were, she expected it would be f...
Joshua 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the window Forthwith, partly that the spies might see it hung out before their departure, and so the better know it at some distance; partly lest some accident might occasion a neglect about it....
Joshua 2:21 - 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 2:21 - 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 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Forthwith, partly, that the spies might see it hung out before their departure, and so the better know it at some distance; partly, lest some accident might occasion a mistake or neglect about it; an...
Joshua 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And she said, “Let it be as you have said.” And she sent them away, and they departed, and she bound the scarlet line in the window.' She sent the spies away to safety and ensured her own safet...
Joshua 2:21 - 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 2:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

scarlet line The scarlet line of Rahab speaks, by its color, of safety through sacrifice. ( Hebrews 9:19 ); ( Hebrews 9:22 ).
Joshua 2:21 - 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 2:21 - 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 2:21 - 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 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies Saved by Rahab
Joshua 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 2:5 ; Joshua 2:18 ; Matthew 7:24
Joshua 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the window — Forthwith, partly that the spies might see it hung out before their departure, and so the better know it at some distance; partly lest some accident might occasion a neglect about i...

Joshua 2:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 2:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 2:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 2:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

Joshua 2:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 2:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 2:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes