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She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”
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Verse 16. Days; the remainder of this night, and the day and night following. It is probable that they would travel only in the night time. Calmet.—If they had gone by the high road, they might easily have been discovered by the messengers, who would be on their return. Bible.—But retiring to the mountains south of Jericho, till they had re-entered the city, the spies made their escape. Calmet.
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