Verse 20<\/span>. If thou utter this our business<\/B><\/I>] It was prudent to make her life<\/I> depend on her secresy<\/I>; had it been otherwise she might have been tempted to give information, not only concerning the spies, but concerning the designs of the Israelites. But her life being at stake, added to every other motive, she kept the secret for the sake of her own personal safety and that of all her relatives.<\/P> <\/p>\n And if thou utter this our business<\/strong>,…. So that others would either hang out scarlet threads or get into her house for shelter,<\/p>\n [See comments on Jos 2:14]<\/span>;<\/p>\n then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear<\/strong>; be under no obligation to make it good, by saving her and her father’s house.<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> Quit of thine oath <\/strong> Released from its obligation. The condition mentioned in Jos 2:14<\/span> is here repeated as if to give it emphasis.<\/p>\n “<\/strong> And if you say anything about this our business, then we will be free from your oath which you have made us swear.” <\/p>\n If they later discovered that she had betrayed them, or if there were more than one scarlet cord suggesting the same, then all amnesty would be cancelled and they would be free from their oath. <\/p>\n And if thou: Pro 11:13 <\/p>\n we will be quit: Jos 2:17<\/p>\n 2:20 And if thou utter this our {k} business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.<\/p>\n (k) So that others should think to escape by the same means.<\/p>\n And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. Verse 20. If thou utter this our business] It was prudent to make her life depend on her secresy; had it been otherwise she might have been tempted to give information, not only … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 2:20”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"