Translations
Modern
And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
Traditional
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
Literal
And if you tell this matter of ours, we will be free from your oath that you have made us swear.”
Latin
Quod si nos prodere volueris, et sermonem istum proferre in medium, erimus mundi ab hoc juramento, quo adjurasti nos.
Original
Hebrew
English
And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
Notes
Like any good military commander, Joshua sent out spies or scouts to get information about his objective.
Because Israel planned to approach Canaan from the east, they could not avoid Jericho.
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Crossing the Jordan into Canaanc. 1451 BC
Glossary
Conquest and Allotment of the Land Jericho Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan
Topics
Armies: March in Ranks of Jericho Reconnoissance of Jericho Treaty: Sacredness of