Joshua 2:6-16

6But 1she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof. 7So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan, to the crossing places; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

8Now before 2the spies lay down, she came up to them on the roof, 9and said to the men, “3I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the 4terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you. 105For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the 6Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and 7what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you 8utterly destroyed. 11When we heard these reports, 9our hearts melted and no 10courage remained in anyone any longer because of you; for the 11Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth below. 12Now then, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a 12pledge of 13truth, 13and 14spare my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all who belong to them, and save our 15lives from death.” 14So the men said to her, “Our 16life 17for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the Lord gives us the land that we will 18deal kindly and 19faithfully with you.”

15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall. 16And she said to them, “20Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not encounter you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.”