King James Version
Joshua 2:21 in the King James Version says “And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet ...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.”
Joshua 2:21 · 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.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
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“According unto your words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“so be it And she sent them away”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“and she bound”
H7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the scarlet”
H8144crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
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