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Joshua 2:17

15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

16 “Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”

The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

19 If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear
KJV
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
WEB
The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.
ASV
And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
DARBY
And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
BLB
And the men said to her, “We [will be] blameless of this oath of yours, which you have made us swear,
ÅB
Mennene svarte: Vi holder oss for å være løst fra denne ed som du tok av oss,
OTB
Mennene sa til henne: “Denne eden du fikk oss til å sverge vil ikke binde oss
B1930
Mennene svarte: Vi holder oss for å være løst fra denne ed som du tok av oss,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 21:7

    Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

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  • Numbers 30:2

    If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

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  • Leviticus 19:11–12

    You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

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  • Genesis 24:3–8

    and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

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  • 2 Samuel 21:1–2

    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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  • Exodus 20:7

    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

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  • Joshua 2:20

    And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

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