Joshua 2:12-21

12Now please swear to me by the Lord that you will also show kindness to my father’s family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

13that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”

14The men answered her, “We will give our lives for yours. If you don’t report our mission, we will show kindness and faithfulness to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city.

16“Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won’t find you,” she said to them. “Hide there for three days until they return; afterward, go on your way.”

17The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear,

18unless, when we enter the land, you tie this scarlet cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, mother, brothers, and all your father’s family into your house.

19If anyone goes out the doors of your house, his death will be his own fault, and we will be innocent. But if anyone with you in the house should be harmed, his death will be our fault.

20And if you report our mission, we are free from the oath you made us swear.”

21“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. After they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord to the window.