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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house into the street,.... After they have been taken in, and when the Israelites were come into the city: his blood [shall be] upon his head, and we [will be] guiltless; if he is killed by any person, his death will be owing to himself, and no blame to be laid on us; nor shall we...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if thou utter this our business,.... So that others would either hang out scarlet threads or get into her house for shelter, [See comments on Joshua 2:14]; then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear; be under no obligation to make it good, by saving her and her father's house.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 fulfilled: and she sent them away, and they departed; took their leave of each other: and she bound the scarlet line in the window; immediately, as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they went, and came unto the mountain,.... Rahab had directed them to, the mountain Quarantania, [See comments on Joshua 2:16]; and abode there three days; being, no doubt, supplied with food by Rahab; and it might not be three wholly, but one whole day and part of the other two: until the pursuers were returned; to the city of Jericho, as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain,.... Or came down from it again, by which, it seems, they went to the top of it, and hid themselves in some cave there: this descent, Kimchi says, was, "on the third day of their being sent, which was the second day of the three days Joshua made mention of when he said, "within three...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they said unto Joshua,.... Made a report of what they had got knowledge of, which answered the end of their mission: truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land: which they concluded by the terror the inhabitants of it were in, and so in no condition to make resistance and defend themselves; and they not only judged of the whole...