1Joshua, son of Nun, sent two dudes from Shittim to check out the land, especially Jericho. They rolled up and crashed at this girl Rahab’s place.

2Word got to the king of Jericho that some peeps from Israel snuck in to scope out the area.

3The king hit up Rahab, like, “Yo, bring out those guys who came to your crib. They’re here to spy.”

4Rahab took the two guys and hid them, saying, “Yeah, some dudes came by, but I don’t know where they went.”

5It was getting dark when the men left, and she was like, “I don’t know where they went, but chase them quick; you might catch up.”

6She had them up on the roof, hiding under some flax stalks she laid out.

7The dudes chased after them to the Jordan, and once they were gone, she shut the gate.

8Before they settled down, she came up to them on the roof.

9She told the guys, “I know the Lord’s giving you this land, and we’re all scared of you. Everyone’s shook.”

10We heard how the Lord parted the Red Sea for you when you left Egypt, and what you did to those two kings, Sihon and Og—total destruction, no cap.

11As soon as we heard that, our hearts melted. We lost all our courage because of you. Your God is the real deal, up in heaven and down here on earth.

12So, can you swear to me by the Lord? I showed you kindness, so show my fam some love and give me a true sign.

13Save my dad, mom, siblings, and their stuff, and keep us alive from death.

14The guys replied, “Our lives for yours, if you don’t spill our tea. When the Lord gives us the land, we’ll treat you right.”

15She let them down with a cord through the window since her crib was on the city wall.

16She told them, “Get to the mountains, so the pursuers don’t catch you; hide there for three days until they come back, then you can bounce.”

17The guys said, “We’re not gonna be held accountable for this oath you made us swear.”

18When we come back, tie this scarlet thread in your window, the same one you used to let us down, and bring your fam home.

19If anyone leaves your house and hits the streets, their blood is on their own head. We’ll be good; but if they’re in your crib, we got their back.

20If you tell anyone about this, we’re off the hook for the oath you made us swear.

21She said, “Cool, I’ll do just that.” Then she sent them off, and they left, tying the scarlet line in the window.

22They went to the mountain and chilled there for three days until the pursuers came back, but they couldn’t find them.

23The two guys came back down from the mountain and went to Joshua, telling him everything that went down.

24They said to Joshua, “For real, the Lord has handed over all the land to us; everyone’s scared of us.”

1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

4And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

5And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

7And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

9And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

10For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

11And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:

13And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

14And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

17And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.

19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

20And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

24And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.