Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Joshua 2:20
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And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
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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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But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”
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But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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Joshua 2
18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.
19 If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
20 And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
21 “Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
22 So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
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