3. So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house. They have come to spy out our whole land.”
4. Now the woman had hidden the two men. She said, “They did come here. But I didn’t know where they came from.
5. In the evening, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know where they went. Go quickly. Maybe you can catch them.”
6. (But the woman had taken the men up to the roof. She had hidden them there under stalks of flax. She had spread the flax out there to dry.)
7. So the king’s men went out looking for the spies from Israel. They went to the places where people cross the Jordan River. The city gate was closed just after the king’s men left the city.
8. The spies were ready to sleep for the night. So Rahab went to the roof and talked to them.
9. She said, “I know the Lord has given this land to your people. You frighten us very much. Everyone living in this land is terribly afraid of you.