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12 Now therefore, since I’ve treated you so kindly,[a] please swear in the name of[b] the Lord that you’ll also be kind[c] to my father’s household by giving me this[d] sure sign: 13 Spare my father, my mother, and my brothers and sisters, along with everyone who belongs with them so we won’t be killed.”

A Promise of Protection

14 So the men told her, “Our life for yours—even to death—if you don’t betray this mission of ours. Then when the Lord gives us this land, we’ll treat you graciously and faithfully.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 2:12 Lit. you with gracious love
  2. Joshua 2:12 Lit. swear to
  3. Joshua 2:12 Lit. also show grace
  4. Joshua 2:12 Lit. a