Joshua 2:20

And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

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KJV

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

ASV

But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

YLT

and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'

DBT

And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

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And if thou utter this our business,.... So that others would either hang out scarlet threads or get into her house for shelter; see Gill on Jos 2:14, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear; be under no obligation to make it good, by saving her and her father's house.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Related commentary

If thou utter this our business - It was prudent to make her life depend on her secresy; had it been otherwise she might have been tempted to give information, not only concerning the spies, but concerning the designs of the Israelites. But her life being at stake, added to every other motive, she kept the secret for the sake of her own personal safety and that of all her relatives.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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Proverbs 11:13
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
Joshua 2:17
The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
Date: Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period

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Proverbs 11:13
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
leads to
- Proverbs 20:19
  He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
- Proverbs 25:9
  Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
- Leviticus 19:16
  You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- 1 Timothy 5:13
  At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
- Proverbs 26:20–22
  Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

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