Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 2:14

14 And the men answered her, Our life † for yours , if ye utter not this our business . And it shall be when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

We pawn and will venture our lives for the security of yours. Or, may we perish, if you be not preserved.

i. e. This Agreement of ours, and the way and condition of it, lest others under this pretence, secure themselves. By which they shew both their Piety and Prudence in managing their Oath with so much Circumspection and Caution, that neither their own Consciences might be ensnared, nor the publick Justice obstructed.

Marginal references: ‡ Heb. instead of you to die.; Judg. 1. 24.