Joshua 2:9–24

⁹And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that ^eyour terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. ¹⁰For we have heard how the Lord ^fdried up the water of the Red sea for you, when you came out of Egypt; and ^gwhat you did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ^hye utterly destroyed. ¹¹And ⁱas soon as we had heard these things, ^kour hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more ^lcourage in any man, because of you: for ^mthe Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. ¹²Now therefore, I pray you, ⁿswear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and ^ogive me a true token: ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And 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 ^pwe will deal kindly and truly with thee. ¹⁵Then she ^qlet them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷And the men said unto her, We will be ^rblameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. ^18sBehold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of ^tscarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: ^uand thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. ¹⁹And 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, ^xhis blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. ²⁰And if thou utter ^ythis our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. ²¹And 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. ²²And 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. ²³So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and ^zpassed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that ^abefell them: ²⁴And they said unto Joshua, Truly ^bthe Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

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