Yosua 2:12

2:12 So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord’s name. ¹  Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. ²  Give me a solemn pledge ³ 

Yosua 2:17

2:17 The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: ⁴ 

Yosua 2:20

2:20 If you should report what we’ve been up to, ⁵  we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”

Yosua 9:20

9:20 We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.” ⁶ 

[2:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Now, swear to me by the Lord.”

[2:12]  sn To swear an oath in the Lord’s name would make the Lord the witness and guarantor of the promise attached to the oath. If the person making the oath should go back on the promise, the Lord would judge him for breaking the contract.

[2:12]  ² tn Heb “with the house of my father.”

[2:12]  ³ tn Heb “true sign,” that is, “an inviolable token or pledge.”

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “We are free from this oath of yours which you made us swear.” The words “unless the following conditions are met” are not in the Hebrew text, but are added for clarification.

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and if you report this matter of ours.”

[9:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “This is what we will do to them, keeping them alive so there will not be upon us anger concerning the oath which we swore to them.”