19. Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.
20. But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear.
21. And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.
22. But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not.
23. And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them.
24. And said: The Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.