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Joshua 2:19

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

KJV

And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

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This verse in Joshua 2

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 3.5 · Written before 253.

Also this commandment is given to the person who was once a prostitute: "All," it says, "who will be found in your house will be saved. But concerning those who go out from the house, we ourselves are free of them by your oath." Therefore, if anyone wants to be saved, let him come into the house of this one who was once a prostitute. Even if anyone from that people wants to be saved, let him come in order to be able to attain salvation.

This site's exposition

We will be blameless of

on Joshua 2:17-19

The oath carries three conditions and the men state each one: the scarlet line hung in the window, every relative gathered inside the house, and silence about the errand. His blood shall be upon his head is a legal formula rather than a threat, the same words David uses at 2 Samuel 1:16, and it puts the account on the man who walks out. Safety lies inside a marked house and nowhere outside it, which is the shape of the night in Exodus 12:22, where none was to go out at the door of his house until the morning, and Origen and Matthew Henry both read the two passages together.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהָיָ֡הand it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • כֹּ֣לevery

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־[one] who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יֵצֵא֩he will go out

    yetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • מִדַּלְתֵ֨יfrom [the] doors of

    midalteiH1817 →

  • בֵיתֵ֧ךְ׀house your

    veitekhH1004 →2046 times

  • הַח֛וּצָהthe outside towards

    hachutzahH2351 →

  • דָּמ֥וֹblood his

    damoH1818 →360 times

  • בְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ[will be] on own head his

    veroshoH7218 →599 times

  • וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּand we

    vaanachnuH587 →120 times

  • נְקִיִּ֑ם[will be] free

    nekiyimH5355 →43 times

  • וְ֠כֹלand every

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨ר[one] who

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יִֽהְיֶ֤הhe will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • אִתָּךְ֙with you

    ʾitokhH854 →929 times

  • בַּבַּ֔יִתin the house

    babayitH1004 →2046 times

  • דָּמ֣וֹblood his

    damoH1818 →360 times

  • בְרֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ[will be] on head our

    veroshenuH7218 →599 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • יָ֖דa hand

    yadH3027 →1618 times

  • תִּֽהְיֶה־it will be

    tihyeh-H1961 →3559 times

  • בּֽוֹ׃on <the> him

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A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”10 worksActs 27:31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”5 works1 Kings 2:37On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”4 worksEzekiel 33:4–5Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.3 worksExodus 12:13The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.3 works1 Kings 2:36–42Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 12:23When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.3 worksActs 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”3 works2 Samuel 1:16For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”3 worksPhilippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.2 worksLeviticus 20:9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.2 works1 John 2:27–28And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.2 worksHebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?2 worksActs 20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.2 worksJoshua 2:14“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”2 works2 Samuel 3:28–29Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.2 worksMatthew 24:17Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.2 works1 Kings 2:32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 12:13

    The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike…

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:28

      By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Exodus 12:23

      When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow…

    • 1 John 1:7

      But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

    • Genesis 17:11

      You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

    • Joshua 2:12

      Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

  • Through

    Exodus 12:23

    When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 7:3

      “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

    • Revelation 9:4

      They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

    • 1 Corinthians 10:10

      And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 2 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 3.5.

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