Joshua 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

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

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ASV

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true token;

KJV

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Swear unto me by the Lord - This is a farther proof that this woman had received considerable instruction in the Jewish faith; she acknowledged the true God by his essential character Jehovah; and knew that an oath in his name was the deepest and most solemn obligation under which a Jew could possibly come. Does not this also refer to the command of God, Thou shalt fear the Lord, and shalt swear by his name? See the note on Deu 6:13.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Yet this Rahab was afterwards advanced to be a princess in Israel, the wife of Salmon, and one of the ancestors of Christ, Matt. i. Those that faithfully serve Christ and suffer for him he will not only protect, but prefer, and will do for them more than they are able to ask or think.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֗ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
הִשָּֽׁבְעוּ־	hi.sha.ve.'u-	swear	H7650 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
לִי֙	li	to <the> me
בַּֽיהוָ֔ה	ba.Yah.weh	by Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
עָשִׂ֥יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I have done	H6213 →
עִמָּכֶ֖ם	'i.ma.Khem	with you	H5973 →
חָ֑סֶד	Cha.sed	loyalty	H2617 →
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם	va.'a.si.Tem	and you will do	H6213 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
אַתֶּ֜ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
בֵּ֤ית	beit	[the] household of	H1004 →
אָבִי֙	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
חֶ֔סֶד	Che.sed	loyalty	H2617 →
וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם	u.ne.ta.Tem	and you will give	H5414 →
לִ֖י	li	to <the> me
א֥וֹת	'ot	a sign of	H226 →
אֱמֶֽת׃	'e.Met	faithfulness	H571 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 12:16
And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they…
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:2
  and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
- Joshua 23:7
  So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or…
- Zephaniah 1:5
  those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
Through
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…
leads to
- Joshua 6:23
  So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp…
- Joshua 2:21
  “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.
- Joshua 2:12–13
  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
Mark 14:44
Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him and lead Him away securely.”
leads to
- Matthew 26:48–50
  Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.”
Through
Esther 8:6
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
leads to
- Esther 7:4
  For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would…