Joshua 2:19
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
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
his blood = his "bloodguiltiness," his "responsibility for blood." Compare 2Sa 21:1, "It is for Saul, and his bloody("blood-thirsty") house, because he slew the Gibeonites;" Eze 22:2, "Wilt thou judge…
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