John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land ,.... The land of Canaan, and into this city, into that part of it, as the Septuagint, where her house was, meaning not themselves only, but the people of Israel they belonged to: thou shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by ; the word by refers either to the scarlet thread they were let down by, said to be a cord, Joshua 2:15 ; and therefore must be a line twisted with various scarlet threads, as Kimchi;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 2:17
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... read more