Joshua 2:20
Good News Translation
However, if you tell anyone what we have been doing, then we will not have to keep our promise which you have made us give you."

New Revised Standard Version
But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be released from this oath that you made us swear to you.”

New American Bible
If, however, you betray our mission, we will be free of the oath you have made us take.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.

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But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.

And if thou

Proverbs 11:13 Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

we will be quit

Joshua 2:17 And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear,

Context
The Promise to Rahab
19Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them. 20But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou hast made us swear.21And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done: and sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.…
Cross References
Joshua 2:19
Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.

Joshua 2:21
And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done: and sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.

Joshua 2:19
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