Joshua 2:9–14

⁹and said to the men: ^g“I know that the Lord has given you the land, that ^hthe terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land ⁱare fainthearted because of you. ¹⁰For we have heard how the Lord ^jdried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and ^kwhat you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you ^lutterly destroyed. ¹¹And as soon as we ^mheard these things, ⁿour hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for ^othe Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. ¹²Now therefore, I beg you, ^pswear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to ^qmy father’s house, and ^rgive me ³a true token, ¹³and ^sspare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”

¹⁴So the men answered her, “Our lives for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall be, when the Lord has given us the land, that ^twe will deal kindly and truly with you.”