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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
And the men said unto her,.... Some think that this discourse, which passed between the spies and her, was while in the house before she let them down, or otherwise they would have been in danger of being overheard, and so the whole affair discovered; but as it was on the other side of the house, and under the wall of the city, and without it, they might with the greater safety converse together:
we will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear; that is, they would most faithfully and punctually keep it, it should be sacred to them, and she should have no occasion to lay any blame upon them in the least.
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Gill, John. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:/
Geneva Study Bible
And the men said unto her, h We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.(h) We will be released from our oath if you perform this condition that follows for so shall you and yours be delivered.
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Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https:/
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Said — Or, had said; namely, before she let them down; it being very improbable, either that she would dismiss them before the condition was agreed on; or that she would discourse with them, or they with her, about such secret and weighty things after they were let down, when others might overhear them.
Blameless — That is, free from guilt or reproach if it be violated, namely, if the following condition be not observed.
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Wesley, John. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". https:/
John Trapp Complete Commentary
Joshua 2:17 And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Ver. 17. We will be blameless of this thine oath,] q.d, Great haste though we have, yet will we clear up the terms whereunto we have sworn, to prevent the danger or rebut the suspicion of perjury. An oath is not to be taken but with a great deal of caution and circumspection, [Genesis 24:3-5] not in jest, but in judgment, [Jeremiah 4:2 Isaiah 48:1] not rashly and unadvisedly, [Leviticus 5:4 1 Samuel 14:39; 1 Samuel 14:44] as those that swear in heat and choler, when they should with fear, [Deuteronomy 10:20] discerning the nature of an oath, the necessity, the conditions and circumstances.
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Trapp, John. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". John Trapp Complete Commentary. https:/
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible
The men said, or, had said; namely, before she let them down; it being very improbable, either that she would dismiss them before the condition was expressed and agreed; or that she would discourse with them, or they with her, about such secret and weighty things after they were let down, when others might overhear them; or that she should begin her discourse in her chamber, and not finish it till they were gone out of her house.
Object. They spoke this after they were let down; for it follows, Joshua 2:18, this-thread which thou didst let us down by.
Answ. Those words may be thus rendered, which thou dost let us down by, i.e. art about to do it; it being frequent for the pretertense to be used of a thing about to be done, by an enallage of tenses, as Joshua 10:15.
Blameless of this thine oath, i.e. free from guilt or reproach if it be violated, namely, if the following condition be not observed.
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Poole, Matthew, "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. https:/
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
‘And the men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us swear.” ’
In such a case as this constant reassurance was required, for it was a matter of life and death. Their assurance was that they would not let her down. They would fulfil their part in the oath. They were promising that when all was done they would so act that no guilt would be able to be laid at their door.
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Pett, Peter. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". "Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible ". https:/
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
17.We will be blameless of this thine oath — That is, released from the oath which we have taken, provided you do not fulfil the following conditions.
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Whedon, Daniel. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". https:/
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments
Joshua 2:17. The men said — Or, had said; namely, before she let them down; it being very improbable either that she would dismiss them before the condition was agreed on, or that she would discourse with them, or they with her, about such secret and weighty things after they were let down, when others might overhear them. Blameless — That is, free from guilt or reproach if it be violated; namely, if the following condition be not observed.
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Benson, Joseph. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". Joseph Benson's Commentary. https:/
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.- 20; Genesis 24:3-8; Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 19:11,12; Numbers 30:2; 2 Samuel 21:1,2,7
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Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Joshua 2:17". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https:/
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