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 you° 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 you° 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 you° 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 you° 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 you° 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, you° 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 you° shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards you° shall depart on your way.

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

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

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