Joshua 2:6-16

6But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had arranged on the roof.

7The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the city gate was shut.

8Before the men fell asleep, she went up on the roof

9and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.

10For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.

11When we heard this, we lost heart, and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below.

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.”