⁸ Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof^{(A) 9} and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear^(B) of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. ¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up^(C) the water of the Red Sea^[a] for you when you came out of Egypt,^(D) and what you did to Sihon and Og,^(E) the two kings of the Amorites^(F) east of the Jordan,^(G) whom you completely destroyed.^{[b](H) 11} When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear^(I) and everyone’s courage failed^(J) because of you,^(K) for the Lord your God^(L) is God in heaven above and on the earth^(M) below.

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

¹⁴ “Our lives for your lives!”^(R) the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully^(S) when the Lord gives us the land.”

²¹ They devoted^(A) the city to the Lord and destroyed^(B) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

²² Joshua said to the two men^(C) who had spied out^(D) the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.^(E)” 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.^(F) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

²⁴ Then they burned the whole city^(G) and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron^(H) into the treasury of the Lord’s house.^{(I) 25} But Joshua spared^(J) Rahab the prostitute,^(K) with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho^(L)—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

²⁶ At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath:^(M) “Cursed^(N) before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: