King James Version, Updated™

(1) Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia to spy secretly, saying, "Go view the land, including Jericho." So they went, and came into a harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

(2) And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, there came men in here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country."

(3) So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring forth the men who have come to you, who entered into your house, for they have come to search out all the country."

(4) But the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said, "The men came to me, but I do not know where they came from.

(5) And it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went, I do not know; pursue after them quickly, for YOU shall overtake them."

(6) But 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 on the roof.

(7) So the men pursued after them on the road to the Jordan to the crossing place; and as soon as those who pursued after them had gone out, they shut the gate.

(8) And before they laid down, she came up to them on the roof,

(9) and she said to the men, "I know that the LORD has given YOU the land, and that YOUR terror is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of YOU.

(10) For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for YOU, when YOU came out of Egypt, and what YOU did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom YOU utterly destroyed.

(11) And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; 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 on earth beneath.

(12) Now therefore, I beg YOU, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed YOU kindness, that YOU will also show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token,

13 And 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.

14 And 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.

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

16 And 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.

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

18 Behold, 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.

19 And 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.

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

21 And 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.

22 And 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.

23 So 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:

24 And 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.