¹²“Now then, please take an oath. Promise me in the name of the Lord that you will be kind to my family. I’ve been kind to you. Promise me ¹³that you will spare the lives of my father and mother. Spare my brothers and sisters. Also spare everyone in their families. Promise that you won’t put any of us to death.”

¹⁴So the men made a promise to her. “We’ll give up our lives to save yours,” they said. “But don’t tell anyone what we’re doing. Then we’ll be kind and faithful to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

¹⁵The house Rahab lived in was part of the city wall. So she let the spies down by a rope through the window. ¹⁶She had said to them, “Go up into the hills. The men who are chasing you won’t be able to find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return. Then you can go on your way.”

¹⁷The men said to her, “You made us take an oath and make a promise. But we won’t keep it ¹⁸unless you do what we say. When we enter the land, you must tie this bright red rope in the window. Tie it in the window you let us down through.

“Bring your father and mother into your house. Also bring your brothers and everyone else in your family into your house. ¹⁹None of you must go out into the street. If you do, anything that happens to you will be your own fault. Don’t hold us accountable.

“But if anyone hurts someone who is inside the house with you, it will be our fault. And you can hold us accountable.

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