1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there. 2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to search out the land. 3And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to search out all the land. 4And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from: 5and it happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went I do not know: pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them. 6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. 7And the men pursued them on the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. 8And before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof; 9and she said to the men, I know that Yehovah has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 10For we have heard how Yehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, nor did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. 12Now therefore, please swear to me by Yehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true token; 13and that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death. 14And the men said to her, Our life for yours, if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yehovah gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you. 15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the wall, and she dwelt on the wall. 16And she said to them, Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers come upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned: and afterward you may go your way. 17And the men said to her, We will be guiltless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear. 18Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you let us down by: and you shall gather to yourself into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father’s household. 19And it shall be, that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is laid on him. 20But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us swear. 21And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 22And they went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but did not find them. 23Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them. 24And they said to Joshua, Truly Yehovah has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.