20. If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”
21. She said, “I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.
22. They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.
23. Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.