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Joshua 2:20-22
International Standard Version
Joshua 2:20-22
International Standard Version
20 But if you report this incident, we’ll be free from the oath to which you’ve made us swear.”
21 “Since you put it that way,”[a] she replied, “I agree.”[b] After she sent them on their way and they had left, she tied the red cord in the window.
The Scouts Report to Joshua
22 The scouts[c] left for the hill country and remained there for three days until the search party returned. The search party searched the entire road, but was unable to find them.
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- Joshua 2:21 Lit. “According to your word,”
- Joshua 2:21 Lit. replied, “may it be.”
- Joshua 2:22 Lit. They
Joshua 2:20-22
New International Version
Joshua 2:20-22
New International Version
20 But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.(A)”
21 “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.”
So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord(B) in the window.(C)
22 When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days,(D) until the pursuers(E) had searched all along the road and returned without finding them.
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