Joshua 2:20

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

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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 esc...
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 Jorda...
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 pr...
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...
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 ). T...
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 wh...
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...
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 th...
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...
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 ;...
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 se...
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 t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 th...
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...
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...
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 d...
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 i...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spies Saved by Rahab
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And if thou utter this our business, in betraying them after their departure, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear....
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:17 ; Proverbs 11:13

²⁰ And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 2:20

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:20