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Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father`s household.
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A Symbol of Christ's Blood
Multiple commentators, from early church fathers onward, see the scarlet thread as a powerful symbol of salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ. Similar to the blood on the doorposts during the Passover, this scarlet line represents a visible sign of faith and the refuge found from God's judgment through atonement.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The “line” or cord was spun of threads dyed with cochineal: that is, of a deep and bright scarlet color. The color would catch the eye at once and …
19th Century
Anglican
The window by which you let us down. —It seems almost needless to observe that the scarlet line and the cord by which the men were…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, [when] we come into the land The land of Canaan, and into this city, into that part of it, as the Septuagint…
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