leſs & of this thine oath, which thou haſt made us ſwear: ; Or, had ſaid ; namely, before ſhe ler them down ; itbeing ve- Ty improbable, either that ſhe would diſmiſs them before the Con- dition was expreſſed and agreed ; or that ſhe would diſcourſe with them, or they with her, about ſuch ſecret and weighty things after they were ler down, when others might over-hear them ; or that ſhe ſhould begin her diſcourſe in her Chamber, and nor finiſh it till they were gone out of her Houſe. 06j. They ſpoke this after they were let down:; for itfollowswv. 18. this=-thread--which thiu aidft let 5 down by. Anſ. Thoſe words may be thus reudred, which thou deft let us down by ; 1. e. artabout to do it : it Leing frequent for the Preter Tenſe to be uſed of a thing about to be done, by an Enalla- ge af Tenſes, as Joſb. 10. i5. k (3. e.) Free from guilt or reproach if it ry violatzd, namely, if the following Condition be not obſer- ved. 18 Behold, whe» we comeinto the land /, thou (batt
bind thisline of ſcarlet threed,inthe window ww, which
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diſcerned by our Soldiers.
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19 And it ſhalbe, thar whoſoever ſhal £0 out of the doors of thy houſe into the ſtreet, his blood all be upon. his head. »,.,and we wil! be guiltleſs :- and whaſoeyer
ſhal be with thee in-the houſe, his blood ſhall he #90) ich Aw
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The blame of his Cetth ſhall reſt who!!7,vupcn himſelf, as being occaſioned by hisown negl<& or contempt ot the means of ſafery. o Weare willing to bear the fin, and ſhame, and puniſhment of it. þ Towit, ſoasto kill him, as this Phraſe is uſed, E/þ.6.2, Job 1. 12.
20 And if thou utter this our buſineſs, then we will be quict ofthine oath, which thou haſt made us to ſwear.
21 And ſhe ſaid, According unto your words, fo bs it. And ſhe ſent them away, and they departed: and ſhe bound the ſcarlet line in the window
q Forthwith, partly that the Spies might ſce it hung cut before their departure, and fo the better know it at ſome diſtance ; partly leſt ſome accident might occaſion a miſtake or negle& about it z and partly for her own comfort, it being pleaſant andencouraging to her to have in her cye the pledge of her deliverance.
22 Andthey went,and came unto the mountain, and abode there thres daysr, until the purſuers were return- ed. And the purſuers ſought hems throughout all the ways s, but found ther not. |
r Supporting th-mſelves there with the Provifions which after the manner of thoſe times and places they carried with them,which Rahab furniſhed them with. s 7. e. In the 10d to Jordan, and the plaa ces near it, but notin the Mountains.
, 23 Sotke twomen returned, and deſcended from the mountain, and paſſed over z, and came to Joſhua the ſon w Nun, ang cold him « all :h;»gs that befel them.
# 10 wit, Jordan oſhua, u Hi PS gs = " unto Joſhua, u Him alone, not the people,as they
24 And they fajd unto Joſhua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hand all the land: for eyen all the Inhabitants of the ccuntry do + faint becauſe of us.
Joſhua comes with the Iſraelites to Jordan, 1. The officers infiru# the people and prieſts for the paſſage, 2-<6. G:d encourages Joſhua, and hs encouras geth the people, giving them for a ſign, the dividmg the waters of Jordan till the Ark and people ſhiuld paſs over, 7--13. The people paſs over ; the priefts ſtanding all the time in the midff of Fordan, 14--17. :
A ND Joſhua roſe early in the morving a, andthey
A removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he, and all the children of 1ſrael, and lodged there b before they patlſed over,
a Not after the return of the Spies, as may ſeem at firſt view ; bur after the three days, as it follows, wv. 2. b That night;thar they might goover in the day time, partly that the Miracle might be more cvident and unqueſtionable ; and paitly to ſtrike the greater terror into their Enemies. W297: 6 HY
2 And it came to pals afterthree daysc, that the offi= cers went through the hoſt d ; 77
c Either, 7. at the end of the three days mentioned; Joſ. 1. 114
or upon the laſt of them, as this Phraſe is uſed. See on BVenr. 15. 1. Or 2. after thoſe days were expired. See on bf P 11. d The ſea cond time to give them more particular Dire&ions, as Ok bs gis ven them a general notice, Joſ. 1. -10, 17, | ; "2.35 3 Andthey commanded the poople e, ſaying, When ye ſee the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the prieſts the Levites f bearing it, then ye hal re« move fron your place, and go after it g.
In 7oſbus's name, and by his Authority. f Who were not only Levites, but Prieſts alſo. For although the Levites were to ca the Ark, Numb. g. yet the Prieſts might p:1ferm that Office,and did ſo upon ſome ſolemn occaſions, a+ here, and Jof. 6. 6. ch 3.3.'g Tos wards Jordan, to go over it in ſuch manner as I am about to de« ſcribe. Till this-time the Ark went in the middle of the cloudy Pils lar, probably being now vaniſhed ; now it goes in the Front.
4 Yer tizere al be a ſpace berween you and it, about ewo thouſand cubirs þ by meaſure: come nor near unto it z, that ye may know the way by which ye muſt go &: for ye have nor paſled 1bis way Þf heretofore.
hþ Which make a thouſand yards, and at which diſtance from it ,o/f, the 1/raelites ſeem to have been encamped in the Wilderneſs. And _
God, eſpecially on the Sabbath-cays; hence it hat! been conceive that a Sabbath-days journey reached only to 2000 Cubits. But rhar : may be doubred ; for thoſe who encamped neareſt the Ark, were | at thar diſtance from it,and came ſo far; but the moſt were further
| from ir, and their Sabbath-days journey was conſiderably longer.
| ; Partly from the reverent reſpe& they thould bear to the Ark; and partly for the following reaſ-n_ k That the Ark 'miarching ' ſo far before you into the River,and ſtanding ſtill there rill'you paſs over, may give you the greater aſſurance of your ſafe paſſage. |
5 And Joſhua faid / unto the people, * Sandifie your ,_ ſelves m: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders
it follows, to morrow, m Both in Soul and Body, that you' ma meet to receive ſuch a favour, and with more Attentionand Reve- rence obſerve and ponder this great Work, and Memories : See on Exod. 19. 10. Lev. 20. 7,