Joshua 2:12

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Summary

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

That ye will

James 2:13

My father's

Give me

General references

Genesis 9:12

Deuteronomy 2:25

Bible References

That ye will

While I am still alive, extend to me the loyalty of the Lord, or else I will die!

So now swear to me in the Lord's name that you will not kill my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father."

For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?"

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

My father's

that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death."

so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Give me

When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father's house.

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.

The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.")

General references

And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:

This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach."