15. Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)
16. She told them, “Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”
17. The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
18. When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house.
19. Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death – we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.