¹⁸ unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord^(A) in the window^(B) through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family^(C) into your house.

²³ So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her.^(A) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

²¹ “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.”

So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord^(A) in the window.^(B)

¹² “Now then, please swear to me^(A) by the Lord that you will show kindness^(B) to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign^{(C) 13} that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them^(D)—and that you will save us from death.”

¹⁹ When Moses had proclaimed^(A) every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves,^(B) together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.^(C)