Joshua 2:19 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 2:19

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

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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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Commentary

1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 3.5 (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.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֡ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
כֹּ֣ל	kol	every	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[one] who	H834 →
יֵצֵא֩	ye.Tze'	he will go out	H3318 →
מִדַּלְתֵ֨י	mi.dal.Tei	from [the] doors of	H1817 →
בֵיתֵ֧ךְ׀	vei.Tekh	house your	H1004 →
הַח֛וּצָה	ha.Chu.tzah	the outside towards	H2351 →
דָּמ֥וֹ	da.Mo	blood his	H1818 →
בְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ	ve.ro.Sho	[will be] on own head his	H7218 →
וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ	va.'a.Nach.nu	and we	H587 →
נְקִיִּ֑ם	ne.ki.Yim	[will be] free	H5355 →
וְ֠כֹל	Ve.khol	and every	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	[one] who	H834 →
יִֽהְיֶ֤ה	yih.Yeh	he will be	H1961 →
אִתָּךְ֙	'i.toKh	with you	H854 →
בַּבַּ֔יִת	ba.Ba.yit	in the house	H1004 →
דָּמ֣וֹ	da.Mo	blood his	H1818 →
בְרֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ	ve.ro.She.nu	[will be] on head our	H7218 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
יָ֖ד	yad	a hand	H3027 →
תִּֽהְיֶה־	tih.yeh-	it will be	H1961 →
בּֽוֹ׃	bo	on <the> him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
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…
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 independent 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…
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.

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