“My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet(A) and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”

“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”(B)

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And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

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And he said, “Here now, my lords, please (A)turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and (B)wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.”

And they said, (C)“No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”

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19 If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads;(A) we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head(B) if a hand is laid on them.

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19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

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19 So it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be [a]guiltless. And whoever is with you in the house, (A)his [b]blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:19 free from obligation
  2. Joshua 2:19 guilt of bloodshed