3 Then the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house,z for they came to investigate the entire land.”

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them.aa So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from. 5 At nightfall, when the city gate was about to close, the men went out, and I don’t know where they were going. Chase after them quickly, and you can catch up with them!” 6 But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden themab among the stalks of flax that she had arranged on the roof.