12. Now, therefore, swear to me by the Lord that in the same way that I have acted with mercy toward you, so also shall you act toward the house of my father. And may you give me a true sign
13. that you will save my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all that is theirs, and that you may rescue our souls from death."
14. They responded to her: "May our lives be yours unto death, if only you do not betray us. And when the Lord will have delivered the land to us, we will act toward you with mercy and truth."
15. Therefore, she sent them down from a window with a rope. For her house was joined to the wall.
16. And she said to them: "Climb up to the mountains; otherwise, they may meet you as they are returning. And lay hidden there for three days, until they return. And then you will go on your way."
17. And they said to her: "We shall be innocent of this oath, to which you have sworn us,