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Joshua 2:22

Joshua 2:22
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they went, and came unto the mountain,.... Rahab had directed them to, the mountain Quarantania; see Gill on Jos 2:16,

and abode there three days; being, no doubt, supplied with food by Rahab;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Unto the mountain - Probably the mountains to the west and north of Jericho, called afterward, from the belief that the 40 days of our Lord’s temptation were passed among them, the Quarantania. The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joshua 2:22-24

We have here the safe return of the spies Joshua had sent, and the great encouragement they brought with them to Israel to proceed in their descent upon Canaan. Had they been disposed to discourage…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Joshua 2:22-24

Return of the Spies to Joshua

22. the mountain See above, Jos 2:16.

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