4. And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:
5. And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.
6. But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.
7. Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.
8. The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:
9. I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.