12 Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a (A)pledge of [a]truth, 13 and [b]spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our [c]lives from death.” 14 So the men said to her, “Our [d]life [e]for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the Lord gives us the land that we will (B)deal kindly and [f]faithfully with you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:12 Or faithfulness
  2. Joshua 2:13 Lit let live
  3. Joshua 2:13 Lit souls
  4. Joshua 2:14 Lit soul
  5. Joshua 2:14 Lit instead of you to die
  6. Joshua 2:14 Or truly

12 “Now then, please swear to me(A) by the Lord that you will show kindness(B) to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign(C) 13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them(D)—and that you will save us from death.”

14 “Our lives for your lives!”(E) the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully(F) when the Lord gives us the land.”

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