20 And if thou should declare this our business, then we will be exempted of thine oath which thou hast made us 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 their pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way but did not find them.
23 So the two men returned and descended from the mountain and crossed over and came to Joshua, the son of Nun, and told him all the things that had befallen them.
24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord has delivered all the land into our hands; and also all the inhabitants of the land are faint before us.