And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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Gill's Exposition
And if thou utter this our business,.... So that others would either hang out scarlet threads or get into her house for shelter; see Gill on Jos 2:14,
then we will be quit of thine oath which thou…
Adam Clarke
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 concerning the spies, but…
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…
Reception of the Spies by Rahab
9. the Lord The name is remarkable as used by Rahab. But the Israelites had long been encamped in the neighbourhood, and she might easily have become acquainted with…