8 And before they were laid down she came up unto them upon the roof 9 And she said unto the men I know that the LORD hath given you the land and that your terror is fallen upon us and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you when ye came out of Egypt and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan Sihon and Og whom ye utterly destroyed 11 And as soon as we had heard these things our hearts did melt neither did there remain any more courage in any man because of you for the LORD your God he is God in heaven above and in earth beneath 12 Now therefore I pray you swear unto me by the LORD since I have shewed you kindness that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house and give me a true. token 13 And that ye will save alive my father and my mother and my brethren and my sisters and all that they have and deliver our lives from death 14 And the men answered her Our life for yours if ye utter not this our business And it shall be when the LORD hath given us the land that we will deal kindly and truly with thee
15 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 16 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 17 And the men said unto her We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear 18 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 19 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 20 And if thou utter this our business then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear 21 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
22 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 23 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 24 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
