Joshua 2:14-21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 2:15

(15) Her house was upon the town wall—Happily for the two spies. Perhaps, indeed, they selected it for this reason, as it enabled them to leave the town without passing the gate. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 2:16

(16) Get you to the mountain.—The mountains between Jerusalem and Jericho have often been a refuge for worse characters than Joshua’s two spies (Luke 10:30). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 2:18

(18) The window which thou didst let us down by.—It seems almost needless to observe that the scarlet line and the cord by which the men were lowered are not the same thing, but described by different words in the original. It would have been preposterous to require Rahab to display in her window the means by which the spies had escaped. It would at once have declared the tale to all beholders—the very thing Rahab was pledged not to do. The “line of scarlet thread” and the “stalks of flax” on... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 2:19

(19) Whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head.—Comp. Exodus 12:22 (the account of the Passover), “Ye shall. . . . strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the bason: and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning; for the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians.” What the blood was to the houses of Israel in Egypt, that the scarlet line in the window was to the house of Rahab. Both... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 2:1-24

CHAPTER VII.THE SPIES IN JERICHO.Joshua 2:1-24.IT was not long ere Joshua found an occasion not only for the exercise of that courage to which he had been so emphatically called both by God and the people, but for calling on others to practise the same manly virtue. For the duty which he laid on the two spies - detectives we should now call them - to enter Jericho and bring a report of its condition, was perhaps the most perilous to which it was possible for men to be called. It was like... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 2:1-24

2. The Spies and Rahab’s Faith CHAPTER 2 1. The spies sent forth (Joshua 2:1 ) 2. Rahab’s faith and works (Joshua 2:2-14 ) 3. The escape of the spies and assurance given (Joshua 2:15-21 ) 4. The return of the spies (Joshua 2:22-24 ) The historical account needs not to be restated. Joshua, who was one of the spies sent out by Moses, now sends two spies to view the land, even Jericho. Jericho was the great stronghold of the enemy, surrounded by high walls. Jericho means “fragrance” and... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:14

2:14 And the men answered her, {f} Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.(f) We warrant you on pain of our lives. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:16

2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the {g} mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.(g) which was near to the city. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:17

2:17 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. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 2:19

2:19 And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, {i} 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.(i) He shall be guilty of his own death. read more

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