Joshua 2:9–14

⁹and said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away in fear because of your presence. ¹⁰For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the waters of the Red Seaⁱ before you when you went out from Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. ¹¹We heard this, and our hearts^j melted, and no courage was left in anyone^k because of your presence. For Yahweh your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. ¹²So then please swear to me by Yahweh, because I have shown loyalty to you,^l and you will also show loyalty^m to my family.ⁿ You must give me a sign of good faith,^{o 13}and you will spare my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all that belongs to them; you will deliver our lives from death.” ¹⁴And the men said to her, “Our lives for yours.^p If you do not report this business of ours, we will show you loyalty and faithfulness^q when Yahweh gives us the land.”