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Joshua 2:20
But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.
Joshua 2:20 · Bible in Basic English
Joshua 2:20 in other translations
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”
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In context
17 And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,
18 If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;
19 Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
20 But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.
21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.
22 And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.
23 Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.
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