Joshua 2:17

And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

And the men {H582} said {H559} unto her, We will be blameless {H5355} of this thine oath {H7621} which thou hast made us swear {H7650}.

The men said to her, "We will not be guilty of violating the oath you made us swear, provided that

The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 30:2 (4 votes)

    If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

  • 2 Samuel 21:7 (4 votes)

    But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

  • 2 Samuel 21:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

  • 2 Samuel 21:2 (3 votes)

    And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

  • Leviticus 19:11 (3 votes)

    ¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

  • Leviticus 19:12 (3 votes)

    And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

  • Genesis 24:3 (2 votes)

    And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: