20 But if you will have betrayed us, so that you spread this word in their midst, we will be free from this oath, to which you have sworn us."
21 And she responded, "Just as you have spoken, so let it be done." And sending them to travel on, she hung the scarlet cord at the window.
22 And truly, walking on, they arrived at the mountains, and they stayed there for three days, until those who had been pursuing them returned. For having sought them along the entire way, they did not find them.
23 And when they returned and entered the city, the explorers descended from the mountain. And crossing the Jordan, they went to Joshua, the son of Nun, and they reported to him all that had happened to them.
24 And they said, "The Lord has delivered this entire land into our hands, and all its inhabitants have been struck down by fear."