15. Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
16. And she said unto them, Go to the mountain lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterwards ye may go your way.
17. And the men said unto her, We will be exempted of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear in the following manner.
18. Behold, when we come into the land, thou shall have bound this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by, and thou shall have brought thy father and thy mother and thy brethren and all thy father’s household home unto thee.
19. And it shall be that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we will be guiltless; and whoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head if any hand touches him.
20. And if thou should declare this our business, then we will be exempted of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
21. And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22. And they went and came unto the mountain and abode there three days until their pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way but did not find them.
23. So the two men returned and descended from the mountain and crossed over and came to Joshua, the son of Nun, and told him all the things that had befallen them.
24. And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord has delivered all the land into our hands; and also all the inhabitants of the land are faint before us.