20. But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”
21. She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.
22. They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them.
23. Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, crossed the river, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. They told him all that had happened to them.
24. They said to Joshua, “Truly the Lord has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”