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Joshua 2:16

Joshua 2:16
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And she said unto them, get ye unto the mountain,.... Which was near to the city, and is supposed to be the same which is now called Quarantania: Dr. Shaw, a late traveller in those parts, says (m),…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Hide yourselves there three days - They were to travel by night, and hide themselves in the day-time; otherwise they might have been discovered by the pursuers who were in search of them.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joshua 2:8-21

The matter is here settled between Rahab and the spies respecting the service she was now to do for them, and the favour they were afterwards to show to her. She secures them on condition that they…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Get you to the mountain i.e. probably the caverns in "the jagged range of the white limestone mountains" (of Judæa) which rise to the north of the city, "the same which in later ages afforded shelter…

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