Joshua 2:12-24

Joshua 2:12-24

[12] Now therefore, I pray you, swear  unto me by the LORD,  since  I have shewed  you kindness,  that ye will also shew  kindness  unto my father's  house,  and give  me a true  token:  [13] And that ye will save alive  my father,  and my mother,  and my brethren,  and my sisters,  and all that they have, and deliver  our lives  from death.  [14] answered  her, Our life  for yours,  if ye utter  not this our business.  And it shall be, when the LORD  hath given  us the land,  that we will deal  kindly  and truly  with thee. [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  you to the mountain,  lest the pursuers  meet  you; and hide  yourselves there three  days,  until the pursuers  be returned:  and afterward  your way.  [17] said  unto her, We will be blameless  of this thine oath  which thou hast made us swear.  [18] Behold, when we come  into the land,  thou shalt bind  this line  of scarlet  thread  in the window  which thou didst let us down by:  and thou shalt bring  thy father,  and thy mother,  and thy brethren,  and all thy father's  household,  unto thee. [19] And it shall be, that whosoever  shall go out  of the doors  of thy house  into the street,  his blood  shall be upon his head,  and we will be guiltless:  and whosoever shall be with thee in the house,  his blood  shall be on our head,  if any hand  be upon him. [20] And if thou utter  this our business,  then we will be quit  of thine oath  which thou hast made us to swear.  [21] And she said,  According unto your words,  so be it. And she sent them away,  and she bound  the scarlet  line  in the window.  [22] and came  unto the mountain,  and abode  there three  days,  until the pursuers  were returned:  and the pursuers  sought  them throughout all the way,  but found  [23] So the two  returned,  and descended  from the mountain,  and passed over,  and came  to Joshua  the son  of Nun,  and told  him all things that befell  them: [24] And they said  unto Joshua,  Truly  the LORD  hath delivered  into our hands  all the land;  for even all the inhabitants  of the country  do faint  because  of us.