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Joshua 2:16

Joshua 2:16
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And she said unto them, get ye unto the mountain,.... Which was near to the city, and is supposed to be the same which…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Hide yourselves there three days - They were to travel by night, and hide themselves in the day-time; otherwise they…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 2:8-21

The matter is here settled between Rahab and the spies respecting the service she was now to do for them, and the favour…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Get you to the mountain i.e. probably the caverns in "the jagged range of the white limestone mountains" (of Judæa)…

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