Joshua 2:5-19

⁵but when the gate was shut in the evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye may overtake them.

⁶But she had brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house.

⁷And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.

⁸And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;

⁹and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

¹⁰For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

¹¹And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath.

¹²And now swear to me by the Lord God; since I deal mercifully with you, so do ye also deal mercifully with the house of my father:

¹³and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.

¹⁴And the men said to her, Our life for yours even to death: and she said, When the Lord shall have delivered the city to you, ye shall deal mercifully and truly with me.

¹⁵And she let them down by the window;

¹⁶and she said to them, Depart into the hill-country, lest the pursuers meet you, and ye shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards ye shall depart on your way.

¹⁷And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath.

¹⁸Behold, we shall enter into a part of the city, and thou shalt set a sign; thou shalt bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which thou hast let us down, and thou shalt bring in to thyself, into thy house, thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the family of thy father.

¹⁹And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall go outside the door of thy house, his guilt shall be upon him, and we shall be quit of this thine oath; and we will be responsible for all that shall be found with thee in thy house.