Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house [was] upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall (2:15)

And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way (2:16)

And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear (2:17)

Behold, [when] we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee (2:18)

And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood [shall be] upon his head, and we [will be] guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood [shall be] on our head, if [any] hand be upon him (2:19)

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear (2:20)

And she said, According unto your words, so [be] it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window (2:21)

And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought [them] throughout all the way, but found [them] not (2:22)

So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all [things] that befell them: (2:23)

And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us (2:24)

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