2. Someone told the king of Jericho, "Men from the Israelites have come here tonight to spy on the land."
3. So the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab: "Send out the men who came to you, the ones who came to your house, because they have come to spy on the entire land."
4. But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. Then she said, "Of course the men came to me. But I didn’t know where they were from.
5. The men left when it was time to close the gate at dark, but I don’t know where the men went. Hurry! Chase after them! You might catch up with them."
6. But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the flax stalks that she had laid out on the roof.
7. The men from Jericho chased after them in the direction of the Jordan up to the fords. As soon as those chasing them went out, the gate was shut behind them.
8. Before the spies bedded down, Rahab went up to them on the roof.
9. She said to the men, "I know that the Lord has given you the land. Terror over you has overwhelmed us. The entire population of the land has melted down in fear because of you.